Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
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A man shall
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed, be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath turned aside his father's coverlet. And all the people shall say - Amen.
Leviticus 18:8
The shame of thy father's wife, shalt thou not uncover, - thy father's shame, it is.
Leviticus 20:11
And any man who lieth with his father's wife, the shame of his father, hath uncovered, - they both shall, surely be put to death - their blood shall be upon themselves.
1 Corinthians 5:1
On all hands, there is reported to be among you - fornication, and such fornication as this - which, not among the nations, is found , - as that one should have, his father's wife: -
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Ruth 3:9
And he said, Who art, thou? And she said, I, am Ruth, thy handmaid, spread, therefore, thy wing over thy handmaid, for, a kinsman, thou art.
Ezekiel 16:8
And I passed by thee and looked upon thee and lo! thy time was the time for endearments, So I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy shame, And took an oath to thee And entered into covenant with thee. Declareth My Lord. Yahweh. And thou didst become mine.
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Leviticus 18:8
The shame of thy father's wife, shalt thou not uncover, - thy father's shame, it is.
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed, be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath turned aside his father's coverlet. And all the people shall say - Amen.