OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 18:8

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“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.

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Verse 8. Father. He hath known her; and to him she belongs, as being one flesh. Bible.—If he were even dead, it would shew a want of respect to marry his widow, though she were not your own mother. Calmet.—This law, Ruben and the incestuous Corinthian transgressed. Tirinus.

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