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Deuteronomy 27:20
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Deuteronomy 27:20
20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
20Cursed be hee that lieth with his fathers wife, because he vncouereth his fathers skirt: and all the people shall say, Amen.
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DEFINED WORDS
Deuteronomy 27:20
Execrated; afflicted; vexed; tormented; blasted by a curse.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Lies: reclines, rests, remains, or is situated; or speaks falsely, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
For the reason that; since.
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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)
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To speak, declare, tell, or express; also what is said.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 20
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Open the full verse study30¶ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
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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 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 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 study1NOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.
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Open the full verse study22So they spread Absalom a tent upon the top of the house; and Absalom went in unto his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.
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Open the full verse study7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
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Open the full verse study10In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
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Open the full verse study22And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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Open the full verse study4Unstable as water, thou shalt not excel; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then defiledst thou it: he went up to my couch.
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