30 [a] (A)“A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not (B)uncover his father's nakedness.[b]

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 Ch 23:1 in Hebrew
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 Hebrew uncover his father's skirt

30 [a](A)A man shall not take [b]his father’s wife in marriage, so that he does not [c]uncover his father’s garment.

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 Ch 23:1 in Heb
  2. Deuteronomy 22:30 I.e., a stepmother, not his birth mother
  3. Deuteronomy 22:30 Idiom for violating his father’s marriage

30 A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.[a](A)

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  1. Deuteronomy 22:30 In Hebrew texts this verse (22:30) is numbered 23:1.