Deuteronomy 22:30

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

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WEBBE

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

BSB

A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

KJV

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

ASV

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

BBE

A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 13–30

These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.

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