Leviticus 18:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. ”

• Leviticus 18:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Appendices. The grouping of offences is noteworthy, and the presence of Leviticus 18:21 (perhaps not original) with the rest. For Leviticus 18:19 , see on Leviticus 15:24 , and cf. Ezekiel 1...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  The object of this passage is the same as that of the foregoing ones. For, whilst all fornication pollutes a man, there is grosser impurity in adultery, because the sanctity of marriage is viol...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. Thy neighbor's wife - See Clarke's note on Exodus 20:14 .

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• Leviticus 18:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. No JFB commentary on these verses.

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• Leviticus 18:20 - 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 18:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Thy neighbour’s wife. — For committing adultery, which is here branded as a defilement, whether with a betrothed or married woman, both guilty parties incurred the penalty of death by stoning. (See...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - 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 18:20 - 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 18:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I do not think it necessary to enlarge, either in notes or references, on the several verses here enumerated. They all speak expressly and plainly to the subjects intended. While the Christian Reader...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife ,.... Which is adultery, and a breach of the seventh command, Exodus 20:14 : to defile thyself with her ; not only adultery is a d...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. Ver. 20. To defile thyself. ] As David, how did he embroil himself with Bathsheba, and chased away that...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - 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 18:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Laws against Iniquity. B. C. 1490.       19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to unc...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  No text from Poole on this verse.

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• Leviticus 18:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Other Forbidden Sexual Relations ( Leviticus 18:19-23 ). Leviticus 18:19 “And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.” Sexual re...

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• Leviticus 18:20 - 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 18:20 - 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 18:20 - 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 18:20 - 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 18:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Unlawful Marriages

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• Leviticus 18:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 6:9 ; 2 Samuel 11:27 ; 2 Samuel 11:3 ; 2 Samuel 11:4 ; Deuteronomy 22:22 ; Deuteronomy 22:25 ; Deuteronomy 5:18 ; Exodus 20:14 ; Galatians 5:19 ; Hebrews 13:4 ; Leviticus 20:...

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