Deuteronomy 22:30
A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
KJV
Non accipiet homo uxorem patris sui, nec revelabit operimentum ejus.
Vulgate
Οὐ λήμψεται ἄνθρωπος τὴν γυναῖκα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐκ ἀποκαλύψει συνκάλυμμα τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ.
LXX
A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.
ASV
No man shall take his father's wife, nor remove his covering.
Douay-Rheims
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Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:1 — It 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.
- 1Cor 5:1 — It 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.
- Deut 27:20 — Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deut 27:20 — Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Ezek 16:8 — Now 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
- Lev 18:8 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
- Lev 18:8 — The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
- Lev 20:11 — And 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.
- Ruth 3:9 — And 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.