Leviticus
18:9
The nakedness of thy sister, the
daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home,
or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
a. NLT: “Do not
have sexual relations with your sister or half sister, whether she is your
father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born into your
household or someone else’s.
b. NIV: “ ‘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.
c. Amplified
Bible: You shall not have intercourse with or uncover the
nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother,
whether born at home or born abroad.
d. Septuagint: The
nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad,
their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
e. Stone Edition
Torah/Writings/Prophets: The nakedness of your sister, whether your father’s
daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born to one who may remain in the
home or born to one who must remain outside of it, you shall not uncover their nakedness
1. “The nakedness of thy sister…”
a. 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.]
b. sister [269 *
‘achowth][Strong: a sister (used very widely (like 250), literally and
figuratively):--(an-)other, sister, together.]
2.
“…the daughter of thy father…”
a. daughter [1323 *
bath] [Strong: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121); a daughter (used
in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and
figuratively):--apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old,
+ owl, town, village.]
b. father [1 *
‘ab][Strong: a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or
figurative and remote application):--chief, (fore-)father(-less), X patrimony,
principal. Compare names in "Abi-".]
1). This of course
is a half-sister born to your father but from a different wife other than your
mother. Abraham’s marriage to Sarah would be an example of this type of
marriage that would be forbidden by this commandment.
a). Genesis 11:29 And
Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of
Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the
father of Iscah.
b). Genesis 20:12,
13 And yet indeed she is my
sister; she is the
daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my
wife.
13 And it came to
pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto
her, This is thy
kindness which thou shalt shew unto me; at every place whither we shall come,
say of me, He is my
brother.
2). Another example
would be the circumstances surrounding the entrapment and rape of Tamar by
Amnon, both children of David by different wives. In this incident Amnon was
completely in the wrong, his feelings of affection and lust were condemned in
the Law. Tamar was completely innocent. David’s failure to correctly address
this crime fueled a civil war within the family.
a). 2 Samuel 13:1-29
And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair
sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.
13:2 And Amnon was
so vexed, that he fell sick for his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and
Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.
13:3 But Amnon had
a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and
Jonadab was a very subtil man.
13:4 And he said
unto him, Why art thou, being the king's son, lean from day to day? wilt thou
not tell me? And Amnon said unto him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's
sister.
13:5 And Jonadab
said unto him, Lay thee down on thy bed, and make thyself sick: and when thy
father cometh to see thee, say unto him, I pray thee, let my sister Tamar come,
and give me meat, and dress the meat in my sight, that I may see it, and eat it
at her hand.
13:6 So Amnon lay
down, and made himself sick: and when the king was come to see him, Amnon said
unto the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my sister come, and make me a couple of
cakes in my sight, that I may eat at her hand.
13:7 Then David
sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to thy brother Amnon's house, and dress him
meat.
13:8 So Tamar went
to her brother Amnon's house; and he was laid down. And she took flour, and
kneaded it, and made cakes in his sight, and did bake the cakes.
13:9 And she took
a pan, and poured them out before him; but he refused to eat. And Amnon said,
Have out all men from me. And they went out every man from him.
13:10 And Amnon
said unto Tamar, Bring the meat into the chamber, that I may eat of thine hand.
And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought them into the chamber
to Amnon her brother.
13:11 And when she
had brought them unto him to eat, he took hold of her, and said unto her, Come
lie with me, my sister.
13:12 And she
answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be
done in Israel: do not thou this folly.
13:13 And I,
whither shall I cause my shame to go? and as for thee, thou shalt be as one of
the fools in Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, speak unto the king; for he
will not withhold me from thee.
13:14 Howbeit he
would not hearken unto her voice: but, being stronger than she, forced her, and
lay with her.
13:15 Then Amnon
hated her exceedingly; so that the hatred wherewith he hated her was greater
than the love wherewith he had loved her. And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be
gone.
13:16 And she said
unto him, There is no cause: this evil in sending me away is greater than the
other that thou didst unto me. But he would not hearken unto her.
13:17 Then he
called his servant that ministered unto him, and said, Put now this woman out
from me, and bolt the door after her.
13:18 And she had
a garment of divers colours upon her: for with such robes were the king's
daughters that were virgins apparelled. Then his servant brought her out, and
bolted the door after her.
13:19 And Tamar
put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her,
and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
13:20 And Absalom
her brother said unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother been with thee? but hold now
thy peace, my sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar
remained desolate in her brother Absalom's house.
13:21 But when
king David heard of all these things, he was very wroth.
13:22 And Absalom
spake unto his brother Amnon neither good nor bad: for Absalom hated Amnon,
because he had forced his sister Tamar.
13:23 And it came
to pass after two full years, that Absalom had sheepshearers in Baalhazor,
which is beside Ephraim: and Absalom invited all the king's sons.
13:24 And Absalom
came to the king, and said, Behold now, thy servant hath sheepshearers; let the
king, I beseech thee, and his servants go with thy servant.
13:25 And the king
said to Absalom, Nay, my son, let us not all now go, lest we be chargeable unto
thee. And he pressed him: howbeit he would not go, but blessed him.
13:26 Then said
Absalom, If not, I pray thee, let my brother Amnon go with us. And the king
said unto him, Why should he go with thee?
13:27 But Absalom
pressed him, that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.
13:28 Now Absalom
had commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry
with wine, and when I say unto you, Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear not: have
not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.
13:29 And the
servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the
king's sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.
3. “…or daughter of thy mother…”
a. daughter [1323 *
bath] [Strong: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121); a daughter (used
in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and
figuratively):--apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old,
+ owl, town, village.]
b. mother [517 *
‘em][Strong: a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide
sense (both literally and figuratively (like 1):--dam, mother, X parting.]
1). Louis Goldberg,
A Study Guide Commentary on Exodus: If a widow remarried and had children, the
daughters of the second marriage were still considered sisters to the [sons] of
the mother’s first family; therefore, there were to be no relations between
sisters of the second family and any males of the first family.
4. “…whether she be born at home, or
born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.”
a. born [4138 * mowledeth]
[Strong: from 3205; nativity (plural birth-place); by implication,
lineage, native country; also offspring, family:--begotten, born, issue,
kindred, native(-ity).]
b. home [1004 * bayith]
[Strong: probably from 1129 abbreviated; a house (in the greatest
variation of applications, especially family, etc.):--court, daughter, door, +
dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born),
(winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, +
tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).]
c. born [4138 * mowledeth]
See above.
d. abroad [2351 * chuwts]
[Strong: from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall,
i.e. outside, outdoors:--abroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side,
-ward), street, without.]
e. 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.]
f. 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.]
1). We must
remember that the nations of the Canannites 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;)
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