Deuteronomy - 27:20



20 'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'

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Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife, and uncovereth his bed: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Cursed is he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt,, and all the people have said, Amen.
Cursed be he that lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.
Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he hath uncovered his father's skirt. And all the people shall say: Amen. .
Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, and so exposes the covering of his bed. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Maledictus qui coierit cum uxore patris sui, quia discooperuit oram patris sui, et dicet universus populus, Amen.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's (m) skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
(m) In committing wickedness against him, (Leviticus 20:11; Deuteronomy 22:30; Ezekiel 22:10)

Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife,.... As Reuben did, and which is forbidden Leviticus 18:8,
because he uncovereth his father's skirt; see Deuteronomy 22:30,
and all the people shall say Amen; the tribe of Reuben said this as well as the rest.

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