11 (A)If there is a man who sleeps with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death, they have brought their [a]own deaths upon themselves.

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  1. Leviticus 20:11 Lit bloodguilt upon

11 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.(A) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.(B)

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30 [a](A)A man shall not take [b]his father’s wife in marriage, so that he does not [c]uncover his father’s garment.

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 Ch 23:1 in Heb
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 I.e., a stepmother, not his birth mother
  3. Deuteronomy 22:30 Idiom for violating his father’s marriage

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 (A)Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, because he has [a]uncovered his father’s garment.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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  1. Deuteronomy 27:20 Idiom for violated his father’s marriage

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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Sexual Immorality Rebuked

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and sexual immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, namely, that someone has (A)his father’s wife.

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Dealing With a Case of Incest

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.(A)

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