A man is not to marry his father's wife, so that he will not dishonor his father's marriage bed. Cross References 1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father's wife. Leviticus 18:8 You must not have sexual relations with your father's wife; it would dishonor your father. Leviticus 20:11 If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. Deuteronomy 22:29 then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman's father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives. Deuteronomy 27:20 Cursed is he who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has violated his father's marriage bed.' And let all the people say, 'Amen!' Treasury of Scripture A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt. Leviticus 27:20 Leviticus 18:8 Leviticus 20:11 discover Ruth 3:9 Ezekiel 16:8 |