Leviticus 20:14 KJV
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Thou and Ye
- you more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- Laws repeated, Holiness enjoinedThese verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of...
Thompson Chains
- AbominationsSee the chain from Deuteronomy 7:25 · 8 links
- BurningLink 2 of 4 · next Leviticus 21:9
Parallel Passages
- Deuteronomy 27:21 Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Leviticus 18:17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
- Deuteronomy 27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Leviticus 21:9 And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
- Joshua 7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
- Joshua 7:25 And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.
- Amos 2:7 That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:
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Topics
- Daughter Forbidden to be wife of her mother’s husband
- Marriage Unclassified scriptures relating to
- Mother-in-law Not to be defiled
- Punishment For incest
- Sanitation Uncleanness
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Hebrew and Strong’s
- And if a man וְאִישׁ wĕʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular · with and אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative
- take יִקַּח yiqqaḥ לָקַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
- a wife אֶת ʾet Object marker אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular
- and her mother וְאֶת wĕʾet Object marker · with and אִמָּהּ ʾimmāh אֵם Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
- it is wickedness זִמָּה zimmâ זִמָּה Noun · feminine singular הִוא hiwʾ Pronoun · third person feminine singular
- they shall be burnt יִשְׂרְפוּ yiśrĕpû שָׂרַף Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine plural
- with fire בָּאֵשׁ bāʾēš אֵשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with preposition with the
- both he and they; that there be no wickedness אֹתוֹ ʾōtô Object marker · with suffix: third person masculine singular וְאֶתְהֶן wĕʾethen Object marker · with and, suffix: third person feminine plural וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and תִהְיֶה tihyê Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular זִמָּה zimmâ זִמָּה Noun · feminine singular
- among בְּתוֹכְכֶם bĕtôkĕkem תָּוֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition, suffix: second person masculine plural
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