20You shall not give the wife of your fellow citizen your deposit of semen for seed,[a]so that you become unclean with her. Read full chapter Footnotes Leviticus 18:20Literallyto the wife of your fellow citizen you shall not give your laying downordeposit for seed.The meaning ofyour layin...
The phrase "with her during her menstrual period" refers to the time of a woman's monthly cycle, known in Hebrew as "נִדָּה" (niddah), meaning impurity or separation. In ancient Israel, this period was considered a time of ritual impurity, not as a moral judgment but ...
Leviticus 18:7 Meaning and Commentary Leviticus 18:7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shall thou not uncover By uncovering a father's nakedness is not meant anything similar to what befell Noah, which Ham beheld with pleasure, and the other two sons of Noah...
Leviticus 18:19 Meaning and Commentary Leviticus 18:19 Also thou shall not approach unto a woman Not even a man to his own wife, and much less to another woman: to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness; in her monthly courses; and the time of ...
Leviticus 16:8The meaning ofAzazelis uncertain; possibly the name of a place or a demon, traditionally a scapegoat; also verses10,26 Leviticus 16:29Orshall fast; also verse31 Leviticus 16:34Hebrewhe Leviticus 17:14Hebrewall flesh Leviticus 17:14Hebrewit is in its life ...
Leviticus 19:18 Meaning and Commentary Leviticus 19:18 Thou shalt not avenge That is, not avenge ourselves on him that has done us an ill thing, but leave it to him to whom vengeance belongs, see ( Romans 12:19 ) ; which is done when a man does an ill thing for another, or ...
Leviticus 26:18 Meaning and Commentary Leviticus 26:18 And if ye will not for all this hearken unto me If such corrections by diseases of body, and by giving them up into the hands of their enemies, should be ineffectual to reform them, and bring them to obedience to the statutes ...
19.16but never … someone's life:One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. PLUSSave 20% on yearly plans and access $3,100 worth of biblical study resources on the go! Upgrade toBible Gateway Plusand get the best value in digital Bible study. ...
18:11 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.Leviticus 18:9-11 New International Version 9 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere. 10 “‘Do not have sexual relations ...
Leviticus 25:18 Meaning and Commentary Leviticus 25:18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them These and all others he enjoined; by which tenure, even obedience to all his commands, moral, ritual, and judicial, they were to hold the land of Canaan, and th...