30A man is not to marry his father’s wife, so that he will not dishonor his father’s marriage bed.
Focused Passage
Deuteronomy 22:30
Covenant Order: Neighbor, Creation, and Sexual Holiness
The chapter moves from concrete acts of community care for neighbor and creature (vv. 1–8), through laws protecting created distinctions in the natural order (vv. 9–12), into a sustained legislation of sexual holiness, marital fidelity, and covenant purity (vv. 13–30), grounding neighbor-love and sexual ethics together in the covenant order Israel bears before God.
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Verse 30
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Original words
A manאִ֖ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markeris notלֹא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleto marryיִקַּ֥חH3947Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis father’sאָבִ֑יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwifeאֵ֣שֶׁתH802Noun - feminine singular constructso that he will notוְלֹ֥אH3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particledishonorיְגַלֶּ֖הH1540Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularhis father’sאָבִֽיו׃סH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularmarriage bedכְּנַ֥ףH3671Noun - feminine singular construct
BSB notes
- Or uncover his father’s skirt