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Leviticus 18:7
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5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
6 ‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord.
7 The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of your afather’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness.  
9 aThe nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover.  
10 The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs is your own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father—she is your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness.
12 aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near of kin to your father.  
13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is near of kin to your mother.
14 aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.  
15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she is your son’s wife—you shall not uncover her nakedness.
16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her adaughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near of kin to her. It is wickedness.  
18 Nor shall you take a woman aas a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.  
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No entry exists in Forerunner Commentary for Leviticus 18:7.

Leviticus 18:6-19

Now, uncovered nakedness is sort of the key phrase here. It is a biblical euphemism. Actually, it has not been translated that way in the New King James or the King James, but it is in the original Hebrew, and it means sexual deviance. You should remember that it is also kind of a reference to Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, when they recognized their nakedness. So it is described at length in Leviticus 18:6-19, a long section of "thou shalt nots" about uncovering nakedness of yourself and others.

Excerpted from Debased Sodom



Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Leviticus 18:7:

Genesis 9:24-25


 
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