Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

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Bible References

A wife

Leviticus 18:17
You must not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to have intercourse with them. They are closely related to her -- it is lewdness.
Deuteronomy 27:23
Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'
Amos 2:7
They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Burnt

Leviticus 21:9
If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.
Joshua 7:15
The one caught with the riches must be burned up along with all who belong to him, because he violated the Lord's covenant and did such a disgraceful thing in Israel.'"

General references

Deuteronomy 27:23
Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.' Then all the people will say, 'Amen!'

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