Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu ne découvriras point la nudité d'une femme et de sa fille. Tu ne prendras point la fille de son fils, ni la fille de sa fille, pour découvrir leur nudité. Ce sont tes proches parentes: c'est un crime.
KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness.
Philo Judaeus
De Specialibus Legibus (lib. i‑iv)
12.13. 20,19. cf. Ioseph. Ant. lud. III § 274 (supra p. 153). 21 Lev. 18,14. 15. 16. 2012. 20.21. 22 Lev. 18,17. 2014. ἀλλὰ μηδ’ ἀποθανούσης· δυνάμει γὰρ ὅ γε πατρωὸς πατὴρ ὀφείλων τὴν ἐκ τῆς γυναικὸς ἐν τάξει θυγατρὸς τίθεσθαι. πάλιν δύο ἀδελφὰς ἄγεσθαι τὸν αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐπιτρέπει,…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 158 (Migne)
am conjugis turpitudinem lex ponit non revelandam. Turpitudinem , inquit, uxoris tuae non revelabis (Levit. XVIII, 17) . CAPUT VII. Cur ea prohibitio apud Christianos ad ulteriores gradus protendatur, quam apud Judaeos . Sicut igitur jam dictum est, qui extra tribum nubere…
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