OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 18:19

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“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

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Verse 19. Thus, and so forth The refractory were to be slain. Calmet. 20:18. It was thought that the infant would be in danger; and hence the Jews punished with death the man whose child was born lame. Saint Augustine (q. 64,) believes that this law is still in force; and some accuse the person who neglects it, as guilty of a venial sin. Bonfrere.

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