Leviticus 18:16

Deuteronomy 25:5; Leviticus 20:21; Luke 3:19; Mark 12:19; Mark 6:17; Matthew 14:3; Matthew 14:4; Matthew 22:24

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 18:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thy brother’s wife - That is, if she had children. See Deuteronomy 25:5 . The law here expressed was broken by Antipas in his connection with He...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy (h) brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness. (h) Because the idolaters, among whom God's people...
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 i...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

16. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife. They are bad (92) interpreters who raise a controversy on this passage, and...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. Thy brother's wife - This was an illegal marriage, unles...
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.
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 antiq...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This law was not absolute, the so-called levirate marriage, or marriage with the widow of a deceased brother, being not only permissible but almost c...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The nakedness of thy brother’s wife. — Though alliance with a brother’s wife is here forbidden — the prohibition, according to the administrators o...
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, Le...
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...
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 th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife ,.... Neither debauch her nor after the death of the brother marry her, that is, unless h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it [is] thy brother's nakedness. Ver. 16. Brother's wife.] Except in that special case....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thy brother's wife Unless he died childless, for in that case God afterward commanded that a man should marry his brother's widow, Deuteronomy 25:...
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 crea...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Incest Defined and Forbidden; Against Marrying Near Relations. B. C. 1490....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Neither in his lifetime, nor after his death, and therefore a woman might not marry her husband's brother, nor might a man marry his wife's sister, e...
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...
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...
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 Solomo...
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 i...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART III . SECTION III . EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT . This being the subject of the three following chapter...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unlawful Marriages
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife, of the sister-in-law; it is thy brother's nakedness. This prohibition was intended only...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Thy brother's wife — God afterwards commanded, that in one case, a man should marry his brother's widow.

¹⁶ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 18:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 18:16