Leviticus 20:21

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

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Arno Geneva Study Bible

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's (h) nakedness; they shall be childless. (h) Re...
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:...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If a man take his brother's wife— Except that brother die childless. Compare Genesis 38:8 . Deuteronomy 25:5-6 . REFLECTIONS.— Nothing needs s...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. No JF...
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 brother’s wife. — See Leviticus 18:16 .
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

Let the Reader remark with me, in the perusal of these verses, the grounds on which the LORD enjoins sanctity of life and manners, and the very stron...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And if a man shall take his brother's wife ,.... To his wife, whether in his life, as the Targum of Jonathan adds, or whether after his death, unles...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. Ver. 21....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

His brother's wife Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy 25:5 .
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

Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy 25:5 . An unclean thing; an abominable thing, like the uncleanness of a menstruous woman, which i...
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 take his brother's wife, in any case but that of the levirate marriage, it is an unclean thing, calling forth God's curse of the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 18:16 ; Matthew 14:3 ; Matthew 14:4
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

His brother's wife — Except in the case allowed by God, Deuteronomy 25:5 .

²¹ And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

Related Commentaries of Leviticus 20:21

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 20:21