Leviticus 20:21
And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
And if a man shall take his brothers wife, it is †an vncleane thing: hee hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse, they shall be childlesse.
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- †Hebrew wordingHeb. a separation.
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- Leviticus 18:16Rank 1 from verse 21
- Matthew 14:3–4Rank 2 from verse 21
3¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
3¶ *For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.
4For Iohn said vnto him, *It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.
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Leviticus 20:21
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
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Not clean; ceremonially unfit; physically foul; or morally defiled or impure.
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Divested of a covering or clothing; laid open to view; made bare.
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Without a child, surviving offspring, or continuing heir in the relation described.
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20And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
20And if a man shall lie with his vncles wife, he hath vncouered his vncles nakednesse: they shall beare their sinne, they shall die childlesse.
21And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
21And if a man shall take his brothers wife, it is †an vncleane thing: hee hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse, they shall be childlesse.
Selected passage22¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
22¶ Ye shall therefore keepe all my *Statutes, and all my Iudgements, and doe them: that the lande whither I bring you to dwell therein, *spue you not out.