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Deuteronomy 22:30
30“A man shall not take his father’s [former] wife, so that he will not expose his father’s wife.
Deuteronomy 22:30 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.
- New International Version (NIV)A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor uncover his father’s bed.
Context of Deuteronomy 22:30
28“If a man finds a girl who is a virgin, who is not engaged, and seizes her and is intimate with her and they are discovered, 29then the man who was intimate with her shall give fifty shekels of silver to the girl’s father, and she shall become his wife because he has violated her; he can never divorce her. “A man shall not take his father’s [former] wife, so that he will not expose his father’s wife.
Read all of Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 22:30 word by word
לֹא־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יְגַלֶּ֖ה כְּנַ֥ף אָבִֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 22:30
- Leviticus 27:20If he does not redeem the field, but has sold it to another man, it may no longer be redeemed.
- Leviticus 18:8You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.
- Leviticus 20:11The man who lies [intimately] with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1It is actually reported [everywhere] that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is condemned even among the [unbelieving] Gentiles: that someone has [an intimate relationship with] his father’s wife.
- Ruth 3:9So he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maid. Spread the hem of your garment over me, for you are a close relative and redeemer.”
- Ezekiel 16:8“Then I passed by you [again] and looked on you; behold, you were maturing and at the time for love, and I spread My skirt over you and covered your nakedness. Yes, I swore [an oath] to you and entered into a covenant with you,” says the Lord God, “and you became Mine.”
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22:30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30A man shall not take his father's wife - This is to be understood as referring to the case of a stepmother. A man in his old age may have married a young wife, and on his dying, his son by a former wife may desire to espouse her: this the law prohibits. It was probably on pretense of having broken this law, that Solomon put his brother Adonijah to death, because he had desired to have his father's concubine to wife, 1 Kings 2:13-25.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 13-30Verses 13-30 These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 30The phrase his father’s wife does not refer to a man’s own mother. Sexual relations with one’s mother were considered a more serious offense. Such acts were clearly forbidden in the law of Moses (see Leviticus 18:7–8, 29).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-3013-30. If a man take a wife, &c.--The regulations that follow might be imperatively needful in the then situation of the Israelites; and yet, it is not necessary that we should curiously and impertinently inquire into them. So far was it from being unworthy of God to leave such things upon record, that the enactments must heighten our admiration of His wisdom and goodness in the management of a people so perverse and so given to irregular passions. Nor is…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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