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Deuteronomy 22:30
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Deuteronomy 22:30
30¶ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
30¶ *A man shall not take his fathers wife, nor discouer his fathers skirt.
- Leuit. 18.8.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 22:30
A human being; an adult male; a person, husband, servant, or representative, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of, with the exact sense determined by context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
To uncover; to lay bare; to reveal.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
The father's skirt or covering in the prohibited relation named by the verse; the lexical note does not replace the verse with a later theory.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Open the full verse study1IT 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.
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Open the full verse study8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
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Open the full verse study11And 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.
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Open the full verse study8Now 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.
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Open the full verse study9And 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.
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Open the full verse study13But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
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