Deuteronomy 22:30

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Deut 27:20 : 20 'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
  • Lev 18:8 : 8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
  • Lev 20:11 : 11 "'The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
  • 1 Cor 5:1 : 1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.
  • Ruth 3:9 : 9 He said, "Who are you?" She answered, "I am Ruth your handmaid. Therefore spread your skirt over your handmaid; for you are a near kinsman."
  • Ezek 16:8 : 8 Now when I passed by you, and looked at you, behold, your time was the time of love; and I spread my skirt over you, and covered your nakedness: yes, I swore to you, and entered into a covenant with you, says the Lord Yahweh, and you became mine.
  • 1 Cor 5:13 : 13 But those who are outside, God judges. "Put away the wicked man from among yourselves."

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:6-20
    15 verses
    85%

    6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.

    7 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

    8 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.

    9 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.

    10 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.

    11 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.

    12 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

    13 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

    14 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

    15 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

    16 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

    17 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

    18 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

    19 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

    20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    80%

    17 "'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

    18 "'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

    19 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.

    20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • 20 'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • 11 "'The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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    28 If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;

    29 then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.

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    10 In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.

    11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

  • 16 These are the statutes, which Yahweh commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between a father and his daughter, being in her youth, in her father's house.

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    18 The elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him;

    19 and they shall fine him one hundred [shekels] of silver, and give them to the father of the young lady, because he has brought up an evil name on a virgin of Israel: and she shall be his wife; he may not put her away all his days.

    20 But if this thing be true, that the tokens of virginity were not found in the young lady;

  • 14 "'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

  • 14 "You shall not commit adultery.

  • 29 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

  • 14 and accuses her of shameful things, and brings up an evil name on her, and says, "I took this woman, and when I came near to her, I didn't find in her the tokens of virginity;"

  • 5 A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.

  • 29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.

  • 13 and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;

  • 17 You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;

  • 30 You shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not use its fruit.

  • 26 Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'

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    16 "If a man entices a virgin who isn't pledged to be married, and lies with her, he shall surely pay a dowry for her to be his wife.

    17 If her father utterly refuses to give her to him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.

  • 7 "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

  • 13 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity.

  • 15 who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • 12 You shall make yourselves fringes on the four borders of your cloak, with which you cover yourself.

  • 20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • 18 "Neither shall you commit adultery.

  • 15 He shall not profane his seed among his people: for I am Yahweh who sanctifies him.'"