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30 [a]“A man must not marry his father’s former wife, for this would violate his father.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:30 Verse 22:30 is numbered 23:1 in Hebrew text.

20 ‘Cursed is anyone who has sexual intercourse with one of his father’s wives, for he has violated his father.’

And all the people will reply, ‘Amen.’

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Paul Condemns Spiritual Pride

I can hardly believe the report about the sexual immorality going on among you—something that even pagans don’t do. I am told that a man in your church is living in sin with his stepmother.[a]

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  1. 5:1 Greek his father’s wife.

“Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.

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11 “If a man violates his father by having sex with one of his father’s wives, both the man and the woman must be put to death, for they are guilty of a capital offense.

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And when I passed by again, I saw that you were old enough for love. So I wrapped my cloak around you to cover your nakedness and declared my marriage vows. I made a covenant with you, says the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

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“Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she replied. “Spread the corner of your covering over me, for you are my family redeemer.”

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13 God will judge those on the outside; but as the Scriptures say, “You must remove the evil person from among you.”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 5:13 Deut 17:7.

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