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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is the nakedness of your father.

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“‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;(A) that would dishonor your father.(B)

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30 [a]“A man shall not marry his father’s wife, thereby violating his father’s rights.[b](A)

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  1. 22.30 23.1 in Heb
  2. 22.30 Heb uncovering his father’s skirt

30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew texts this verse (22:30) is numbered 23:1.

12 So although I wrote to you, it was not on account of the one who did the wrong nor on account of the one who suffered the wrong but in order that your zeal for us might be made known to you before God.(A)

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12 So even though I wrote to you,(A) it was neither on account of the one who did the wrong(B) nor on account of the injured party, but rather that before God you could see for yourselves how devoted to us you are.

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