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30 [a]A man shall not take his father’s [former] wife, so that he will not [b]expose his father’s wife.

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew this is 23:1, changing the versification throughout the following chapter.
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 Lit uncover his father’s skirt.

30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.[a](A)

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew texts this verse (22:30) is numbered 23:1.

20 ‘Cursed is he who is intimate with his father’s [former] wife, because he has [a]violated what belongs to his father.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 27:20 Lit uncovered his father’s skirt.

20 “Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he dishonors his father’s bed.”(A)

Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”

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