World English Bible
Deuteronomy 22:30
“A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.”
Verse in context — Deuteronomy 22
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If a man find a lady who is a virgin, who is not pledged to be married, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
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then the man who lay with her shall give to the lady's father fifty [shekels] of silver, and she shall be his wife, because he has humbled her; he may not put her away all his days.
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A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
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Moses’ final speeches, reminding Israel of God’s law before entering the Promised Land.
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