Leviticus
18:15
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy daughter in law: she is thy
son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
a. NLT: “Do not
have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, so you
must not have sexual relations with her.
b. NIV: “ ‘Do not
have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not
have relations with her.
c. Amplified
Bible: You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your
son’s wife; you shall not have intercourse with her.
d. Septuagint: Thou
shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son's
wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
e. Stone Edition
Torah/Writings/Prophets: The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you shall not
uncover; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
1. “Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy daughter in law…”
a. uncover [1540 *
galah][Strong; a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense);
by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to
reveal:--+ advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into
captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly,
publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.] .][AMG
Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament: A verb meaning to reveal, to
uncover, to remove, go into exile, to expose, to disclose. It is used with the
words ear (1 Samuel 9:15; 20:2, 12, 13) and eyes (Numbers 24:4), meaning to
reveal. On occasion, it is used in the expression to uncover the nakedness of,
which often implies sexual relations.]
b. nakedness [6172
* ‘ervah][Strong: nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively
(disgrace, blemish):--nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).][AMG Complete Word
Study Dictionary Old Testament: A feminine noun expressing nakedness. This word
scan pertain to physical nakedness of a man or woman (Genesis9:22, 23; Exodus
20:26)…When used with the verb galah (1540), meaning to uncover or remove, and
ra’ah (7200), meaning to see, one finds a common euphemism for sexual
relations.]
c. daughter in law
[3618 * kallah][Strong: a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife:--bride,
daughter-in-law, spouse.]
1). Sexual
relations and marriages between fathers and daughter in laws were forbidden. We
must remember that the nations of the Canaanites did practice these offences.
a). Leviticus
18:24-27 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the
nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 And the land is
defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself
vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall
therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation,
nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (For all these
abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
2). The only
Biblical example I know of is Judah and his daughter in law
a). Genesis
38:7-27 And Judah took a wife for Er his firstborn, whose name was Tamar.
38:7 And Er,
Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and the Lord slew
him.
38:8 nd Judah said
unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to
thy brother.
38:9 And Onan knew
that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his
brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed
to his brother.
38:10 And the
thing which he did displeased the Lord: wherefore he slew him also.
38:11 Then said
Judah to Tamar his daughter in law, Remain a widow at thy father's house, till
Shelah my son be grown: for he said, Lest peradventure he die also, as his
brethren did. And Tamar went and dwelt in her father's house.
38:12 And in
process of time the daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; and Judah was
comforted, and went up unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he and his friend
Hirah the Adullamite.
38:13 And it was
told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his
sheep.
38:14 And she put
her widow's garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped
herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw
that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.
38:15 When Judah
saw her, he thought her to be an harlot; because she had covered her face.
38:16 And he
turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto
thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What
wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
38:17 And he said,
I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a
pledge, till thou send it?
38:18 And he said,
What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and
thy staff that is in thine hand. And he gave it her, and came in unto her, and
she conceived by him.
38:19 And she
arose, and went away, and laid by her vail from her, and put on the garments of
her widowhood.
38:20 And Judah
sent the kid by the hand of his friend the Adullamite, to receive his pledge
from the woman's hand: but he found her not.
38:21 Then he
asked the men of that place, saying, Where is the harlot, that was openly by
the way side? And they said, There was no harlot in this place.
38:22 And he
returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place
said, that there was no harlot in this place.
38:23 And Judah
said, Let her take it to her, lest we be shamed: behold, I sent this kid, and
thou hast not found her.
38:24 And it came
to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy
daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.
38:25 When she was
brought forth, she sent to her father in law, saying, By the man, whose these
are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the
signet, and bracelets, and staff.
38:26 And Judah
acknowledged them, and said, She hath been more righteous than I; because that
I gave her not to Shelah my son. And he knew her again no more.
38:27 And it came
to pass in the time of her travail, that, behold, twins were in her womb.
2. “…she is thy son's wife; thou shalt
not uncover her nakedness.”
a. son’s [1121 *
ben] [Strong: from 1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the
widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson,
subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.)):--+
afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one,
appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born,
bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child,
colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very
fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew,
old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, +
steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est),
whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.]
b. wife [802 *
‘ishshah][Strong: irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the
same wide sense as 582):--(adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, +
none, one, + together, wife, woman.]
c. uncover [1540 *
galah][Strong; a primitive root; to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense);
by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to
reveal:--+ advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into
captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly,
publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.] .][AMG
Complete Word Study Dictionary Old Testament: A verb meaning to reveal, to
uncover, to remove, go into exile, to expose, to disclose. It is used with the
words ear (1 Samuel 9:15; 20:2, 12, 13) and eyes (Numbers 24:4), meaning to
reveal. On occasion, it is used in the expression to uncover the nakedness of,
which often implies sexual relations.]
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