Leviticus 20:20

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 20:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall die childless - Either the offspring should not be regarded as lawfully theirs, nor be entitled to any hereditary privileges, or they...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die (g) childless. (g)...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Penalties for Sexual Sins generally death, the manner being unspecified. Adultery, incest, sodomy head the list; the special case of Leviticus 20:...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

sin . penalty. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause). App-6.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They shall die childless— Whatever be the precise mode in which this curse was to be executed, whether by the entire withholding of children, or th...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves ... and be ye holy. The minute specification o...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(Chs. 17-26) The Law of Holiness This section of Leviticus occupies a position by itself, being distinguished from the rest of the book both by st...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

His uncle’s wife. — See Leviticus 18:14 .
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

PENAL SANCTIONS Leviticus 20:1-27 In no age or community has it been found sufficient, to secure obedience, that one should appeal to the consc...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Once more we have a repetition of laws already enunciated with the same persistent thought of responsibility. In this section we find the death sente...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What is here rehearsed concerning uncleanness, every Christian reader may say, as the apostle, of such horrible corruptions in general, let it not be...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife ,.... His uncle being dead, and he marry her, which is forbidden, Leviticus 18:14 ; he hath uncovere...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Ver. 20...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They shall die childless Both shall be speedily cut off ere they can have a child by that incestuous conjunction; or, if this seem a less crime tha...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

PENALTIES FOR SIN GODWARD (vv. 1-8) Chapter 19 has given many laws forbidding sin; now chapter 20 shows that law, when it is broken, demands certa...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adultere...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

i.e. Either shall be speedily cut off ere they can have a child by that incestuous conjunction, that the remembrance of the fact may be blotted out:...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Lesser Penalties ( Leviticus 20:19-21 ). Three examples are now given of slightly lesser crimes, still forbidden but not punishable with death....
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Social and Moral Crimes SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 20:2 .—Again thou shalt say to the children of Israel. These denunclations of sin (already...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Leviticus 20:2 . Molech. See on Leviticus 18:21 . Leviticus 20:3 . I will cut him off. Ahaz gave his son to Molech, and the Lord afflicted hi...
The Biblical Illustrator

He shall surely be put to death. Penal sanctions This chapter, directly or indirectly, casts no little light on some most fundamental and pract...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The subject of Leviticus 18:1-3 , is resumed in this chapter; but that which was before considered as sin only is now regarded as cr...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For Unlawful Marriages
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, his aunt by marriage, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall d...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 22:30 ; Job 18:19 ; Leviticus 18:14 ; Luke 1:25 ; Luke 1:7 ; Luke 23:29 ; Psalms 109:13
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They shall die childless — Either shall be speedily cut off ere they can have a child by that incestuous conjunction; if this seem a less crime tha...

²⁰ And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 20:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Leviticus 20:20