THEOSISLeviticus 20:11Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.
וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֔יו עֶרְוַ֥ת אָבִ֖יו גִּלָּ֑ה מֽוֹת־יוּמְת֥וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֖ם דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 27:20Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.
- Deut 27:23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and all the people shall say: Amen.
- Amos 2:7They bruise the heads of the poor upon the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the humble: and the son and his father have gone to the same young woman, to profane my holy name.
- 1 Cor 5:1It is absolutely heard that there is fornication among you and such fornication as the like is not among the heathens: that one should have his father's wife.
- Lev 18:7Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
- Lev 18:8Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.