Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Thy brother' s wife - This was an illegal marriage, unless the brother died childless. In that case it was not only lawful for her to marry her brother-in-law, but he was obliged by the law, Deuteronomy 25:5, to take her to wife.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Leviticus 18:16:
Leviticus 18:6
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