OLD TESTAMENT

Deuteronomy 27:23

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‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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Verse 23. Mother. Some copies of the Septuagint have “daughter-in-law;” and some Latin MSS. add, “Cursed is he who sleepeth with his neighbour’s wife; and all the people shall say, Amen.” Calmet.

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