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Deuteronomy 27:23
23‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Deuteronomy 27:23 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- New International Version (NIV)“Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law.” Then all the people shall say, “Amen!”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"'Cursed be anyone who lies with his mother-in-law.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
Context of Deuteronomy 27:23
21‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 22‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ ‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 24‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ 25‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
Read all of Deuteronomy 27Deuteronomy 27:23 word by word
אָר֕וּר שֹׁכֵ֖ב עִם־חֹֽתַנְתּ֑וֹ וְאָמַ֥ר כָּל־הָעָ֖ם אָמֵֽן׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 27:23
- Leviticus 18:17You must not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have intercourse with them. They are closely related to her – it is lewdness.
- Leviticus 20:14If a man has sexual intercourse with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27:23
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 Compare Joshua 8:32-35. The solemnity was apparently designed only for the single occasion on which it actually took place. Deuteronomy 27:12, Deuteronomy 27:13 The tribes appointed to stand on Gerizim to bless the people all sprang from the two wives of Jacob, Leah and Rachel. All the four tribes which sprang from the handmaids Zilpah and Bilhah are located on Ebal. But in order, as it would seem, to effect an equal division, two tribes are…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-26Verses 11-26 The six tribes appointed for blessing, were all children of the free women, for to such the promise belongs, Ga 4:31. Levi is here among the rest. Ministers should apply to themselves the blessing and curse they preach to others, and by faith set their own Amen to it. And they must not only allure people to their duty with the promises of a blessing, but awe them with the threatenings of a curse, by declaring that a curse would be upon those…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-26Mount Gerizim is just west of Mount Ebal. Shechem is in the valley between them. to bless: God positioned the tribes or their representatives carefully. This was so that while the Levites read the covenant from the valley below, the other tribes would respond by shouting "Amen!" This is a Hebrew term that means "May it be so." They said this to show their agreement with the terms of the covenant.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 27
- 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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