Leviticus 18:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. ”

• Leviticus 18:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Thy father’s sister - The instance of Amram and Jochebed Exodus 6:20 seems to show that marriage with an aunt was not considered wrong by the Israelites when they were in Egypt.

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Forbidden Degrees of Marriage. After a general preface ( Leviticus 18:6 ) the relationships are given in detail. The phrase uncover the nakedness is almost confined to Leviticus 17-20, Ezek., and G...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  father's sister. See Exodus 6:20 . she. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "for she".

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Law of Forbidden Degrees of Marriage, and of Chastity 3. Some of the unions here forbidden as incestuous were permitted among the nations of antiquity. The early Egyptians, e.g. permitted marriage...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thy father’s sister. — According to the law which obtained in the time of Christ this prohibition not only extended to the father’s half-sisters, but even when they were begotten by the grandfather...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  THE LAW OF HOLINESS: CHASTITY Leviticus 18:1-30 Chapter S 18, 19, and 20, by a formal introduction Leviticus 18:1-5 and a formal closing, Leviticus 20:22-26 are indicated as a distinct sect...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  At this point in the enunciation of the laws of separation they assume a slightly altered character. So far, the fundamental matters of relationships to God have been the principal note. Now the habi...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  These precepts, considered in a moral sense, carry with them conviction of their own propriety. And if explained spiritually, they serve to convey this idea, that the souls who are taken into covenan...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister ,.... His aunt by his father's side, an instance of which we have in Amram, Exodus 6:20 ; and Maimonides says i, an aunt was forbidden wh...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she [is] thy father's near kinswoman. Ver. 12. She is thy father's near kins woman.] As near as may be: and therefore nature abhorreth a...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  FORBIDDING SEXUAL SINS (vv. 1-30) Chapter 17 has dealt with sin directly against God; now chapter 18 speaks of sin in relationship with other creatures, primarily humans, but also animals (v. 23)....

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Incest Defined and Forbidden; Against Marrying Near Relations. B. C. 1490.       6 None of y...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Thy aunt by the father's side, as the next verse speaks of the aunt by the mother's side. If Amram's example be alleged to the contrary, See Poole on " Exodus 6:20 " . Thy father's near kinswoman,...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Relationships Within Families ( Leviticus 18:6-18 ). Leviticus 18:6 “None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.” Firstly the initi...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  Incestuous Marriages: Domestic Purity SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 18:2 .—Speak unto them and say, I am the Lord your God. Jehovah is the sole lawgiver, His word the one law to His people: ungo...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Leviticus 18:21 . Molech, or Moloch, was the chief idol of the Sabians, and of the Ammonites. 1 Kings 11:7 ; 1 Kings 11:33 . To this idol Solomon built a high place on mount Olivet. The form of...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

  None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him. Consanguinity 1. God the institutor of marriage ( Leviticus 18:6 ). 2. Faith in Christ not commanded in the law ( Leviticus 18:5...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  PART III . SECTION III . EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT . This being the subject of the three following chapters (chapters 18-20), they naturally form a sequence...

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• Leviticus 18:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Unlawful Marriages

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• Leviticus 18:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Exodus 6:20 ; Leviticus 20:19

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