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Elberfelder Bibel
3 Mose 18:12
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Concordances:
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- CondensedParallel Translations
Du sollst die Scham der Schwester deines Vaters nicht entblößen, denn sie ist deines Vaters nächste Blutsverwandte.
Do sollst die Blöße der Schwester deines Vaters nicht aufdecken; denn es ist deines Vaters nächste Blutsfreundin.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Leviticus 20:19, Exodus 6:20
Reciprocal: Numbers 26:59 - General
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister,.... His aunt by his father's side, an instance of which we have in Amram, Exodus 6:20; and Maimonides says i, an aunt was forbidden whether she was a father's sister in lawful wedlock or in fornication:
she [is] thy father's near kinswoman; or, the rest of thy father k; the residue of his flesh, one of the same flesh and blood with him; wherefore, as he could not marry her himself, so his son likewise was too near akin to enter into such a relation with her.
i Hilchot Issure Biah, c. 2. sect. 5. k שאר אביך "reliquiarum patris tui", Tigurine version.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thy father’s sister - The instance of Amram and Jochebed Exodus 6:20 seems to show that marriage with an aunt was not considered wrong by the Israelites when they were in Egypt.
