Leviticus 18:15
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
KJV
Turpitudinem nurus tuæ non revelabis, quia uxor filii tui est : nec discooperies ignominiam ejus.
Vulgate
ἀσχημοσύνην νύμφης σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις· γυνὴ γὰρ υἱοῦ σού ἐστιν, οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς.
LXX
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
ASV
עֶרְוַ֥ת כַּלָּֽתְ/ךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אֵ֤שֶׁת בִּנְ/ךָ֙ הִ֔וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
וֹ
v
noun · 34×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'rvt
noun · 54×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2388Incest designates intimate relations between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage between them.180 St. Paul stigmatizes this especially grave offense: "It is actually reported that there is immorality among you . . . for a man is living with his father's wife.... In the name of the Lord Jesus ... you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction o…
Cross-references
- Ezek 22:11 — And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
- Ezek 22:11 — And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
- Gen 38:26 — And Judah acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
- Lev 20:12 — And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
- Lev 20:12 — And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.