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

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

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

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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