22:29 22:29

Deuteronomy 22:30

23:1 23:1

Bible Versions

A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
A man {H376} shall not take {H3947} his father's {H1} wife {H802}, nor discover {H1540} his father's {H1} skirt {H3671}.
"A man is not to take his father's wife, thus violating his father's rights.
A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
Note: Commentary is generated by AI with a directive for Biblical fidelity. Always rely on the Holy Spirit for discernment. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • Deuteronomy 27:20

    Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Leviticus 18:8

    The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness.
  • 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.
  • Leviticus 20:11

    And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
  • Ruth 3:9

    And he said, Who [art] thou? And she answered, I [am] Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou [art] a near kinsman.
  • Ezekiel 16:8

    Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time [was] the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
  • 1 Corinthians 5:13

    But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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