Deuteronomy 22:30 · KJV
“A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.”
— Deuteronomy 22:30
Deuteronomy 22 — Context
If a man find a damsel {that is} a virgin, which is not betrothed, and lay hold on her, and lie with her, and they be found;
29Then the man that lay with her shall give unto the damsel's father fifty {shekels} of silver, and she shall be his wife; because he hath humbled her, he may not put her away all his days.
30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:20
Cursed {be} he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Leviticus 18:8
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it {is} thy father's nakedness.
1 Corinthians 5:1
It is reported commonly {that there is} fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.
Leviticus 20:11
And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood {shall be} upon them.
Ezekiel 16:8
Now when I passed by thee, and looked upon thee, behold, thy time {was} the time of love; and I spread my skirt over thee, and covered thy nakedness: yea, I sware unto thee, and entered into a covenant with thee, saith the Lord GOD, and thou becamest mine.
Ruth 3:9
And he said, Who {art} thou? And she answered, I {am} Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou {art} a near kinsman. {a near...: or, one that hath right to redeem}
1 Corinthians 5:13
But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.