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Lutherbibel

3 Mose 18:15

Du sollst deiner Schwiegertochter Blöße nicht aufdecken; denn es ist deines Sohnes Weib, darum sollst du ihre Blöße nicht aufdecken.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Abomination;   Copulation;   Incest;   Marriage;   The Topic Concordance - Sexual Activities;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Affinity;   Marriage;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Fornication;   Marriage;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Family Life and Relations;   Immorality, Sexual;   Incest;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Affinity;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bastard;   Daughter-In-Law;   Incest;   Leviticus;   Naked;   Pentateuch;   Sex, Biblical Teaching on;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Marriage;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Marriage;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Incest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Bastard;   Genesis;   Law in the Old Testament;   Leviticus;   Relationships, Family;   Woman;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Chastity;   Incest;   Marriage Laws;  

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Du sollst die Scham deiner Sohnsfrau nicht entblößen; denn sie ist deines Sohnes Weib, darum sollst du ihre Scham nicht entblößen.
Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Die Blöße deiner Schwiegertochter sollst du nicht aufdecken; sie ist das Weib deines Sohnes, ihre Blöße sollst du nicht aufdecken.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 20:12, Genesis 38:18, Genesis 38:19, Genesis 38:26, Ezekiel 22:11

Reciprocal: Numbers 18:20 - General Amos 2:7 - and a

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law,.... Shall not he with her in his son's lifetime, or marry her after his death:

she [is] that son's wife; and so one flesh with him, and who is of the same flesh and blood with his father, and therefore the nearness of the relation forbids such incestuous copulation or marriage:

thou shall not uncover her nakedness; or have carnal knowledge of her, whether in the life or after the death of his son, even then marriage with her is not lawful.


 
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