Deuteronomy 22:30

Ver. 30. Nor discover his father's skirt— A modest phrase for unlawful commerce. See the places referred to in the margins of our Bibles.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 22:30

Arno Geneva Study Bible

A man shall not (l) take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. (l) He shall not lie with his stepmother, meaning by this all other var...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Sins against Pure Marriages. Deuteronomy 22:14 . tokens of virginity: their absence is now known not to be necessarily a proof of pre-nuptial unc...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

skirt. Put by Figure of speech Euphemy (App-6), for nakedness. Compare Leviticus 18:7 ; Leviticus 18:8 ; Leviticus 20:11 .
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. A man shall not take his father’s wife. Since Moses does not here refer to any other kinds of incest, but speaks only of that with a step...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. A man shall not take his father's wife - This is to be understood as referri...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Laws regarding Lost Property, Distinction of Sex in Apparel, and Chastity 1-4. Law of Lost Property: see Exodus 23:4 and note.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

LAWS OF PURITY (CHASTITY AND MARRIAGE) IN dealing with the ten commandments it has been already shown that, though these great statements of relig...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

LAWS OF KINDNESS WITH the commands we now have to consider, we leave altogether the region of strict law, and enter entirely upon that of aspirati...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Here we have the record of the laws conditioning life in love and neighborliness. Every man was enjoined to take care of his brother's lost things if...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Some of the laws in this book of Leviticus, were before given: Leviticus 20:10 . The repetition in this place, only serves to intimate their importa...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS HOLY SPIRIT of truth! enable me to see the precious designs of thy blessed will, in the compassion thou hast manifested by those precept...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A man shall not take his father's wife ,.... Not marry her, whether his own mother, or a stepmother; or even, as Aben Ezra thinks, anyone that was d...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

LAWS THAT TEST TRUE DISCERNMENT (vs.1-12) The laws in this section require a proper consideration of God's creation, whether of humans, animals,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Punishment of Fornication. B. C. 1451....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Shall not take to wife. So this respects the state, and the next branch speaks of the act only. His father's wife; his mother-in-law. See Levit...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Dealing With Sexual Misbehaviour ( Deuteronomy 22:22-30 ). Various aspect of sexual misbehaviour are dealt with in this passage with the most hei...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Son Must Not Make Love To His Father's Wife ( Deuteronomy 22:30 ) Deuteronomy 22:30 ‘ A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—The cases stated and provided for in Deuteronomy 22:1-12 seem selected by way of example, and belong, according to our notions, r...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 22:5 . All that do so are abomination to the Lord. The note of Maimonides here is, that men presenting themselves before Venus, appear...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION REGULATIONS REGARDING CATTLE STRAYED OR THINGS LOST , THE APPAREL OF THE SEXES , THE TAKING OF BIRDS ,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Various Sins Against the Sanctity of Holy Wedlock
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A man shall not take his father's wife, his stepmother, nor discover (uncover) his father's skirt. Incestuous lust is self-injury and a transgres...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 5:1 ; 1 Corinthians 5:13 ; Deuteronomy 27:20 ; Ezekiel 16:8 ; Leviticus 18:8 ; Leviticus 20:11 ; Ruth 3:9
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take — To wife. So this respects the state, and the next branch speaks of the act only.

³⁰ A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.

Related Commentaries of Deuteronomy 22:30

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 22:30