Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

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Bible References

A man shall

Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of thy father's wife thou shalt not uncover; it is thy father's nakedness.
Leviticus 20:11
And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely die; their blood shall be upon them.
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

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Ruth 3:9
Then he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth, thy handmaid; spread therefore the edge of thy mantle over thy handmaid; for thou art a redeemer.
Ezekiel 16:8
And I passed by thee and looked upon thee; behold, thy time was the time of love; and I spread my mantle over thee and covered thy shame; and I gave thee an oath and entered into a covenant with thee, said the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine;

General references

Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of thy father's wife thou shalt not uncover; it is thy father's nakedness.
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed is he that lies with his father's wife because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.