Deuteronomy 27:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

Deuteronomy 27:23 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Leviticus 20:14
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.
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.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 11-26)

When the law was written, to be seen and read by all men, the sanctions of it were to be published, which, to complete the solemnity of their covenanting with God, they were deliberately to declare their approbation of. This they were before directed to do (Deut. 11:29, 30), and therefore the appointment here begins somewhat abruptly, Deut. 27:12. There were, it seems, in Canaan, that part of it w…