Deuteronomy 22:30

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Deuteronomy 22:30

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

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KJV

King James Version

¶ A man shall not take his father’s wife, nor discover his father’s skirt.

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WEB

World English Bible

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

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ASV

American Standard Version

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Deuteronomy 22

²⁸ If a man encounters a virgin who is not pledged in marriage, and he seizes her and lies with her, and they are discovered,

²⁹ then the man who lay with her must pay the young woman’s father fifty shekels of silver, and she must become his wife because he has violated her. He must not divorce her as long as he lives.

³⁰ A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.

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