The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
KJV
Hebrew original
Louis Segond 1910
Tu ne découvriras point la nudité de ton père, ni la nudité de ta mère. C'est ta mère: tu ne découvriras point sa nudité.
KJV
The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Philo Judaeus
De Fuga Et Inventione
θήσεως ἀνομβρησάντων παθῶν. οὗ χάριν ἀπαγορεύει Μωυσῆς „ἀσχημοσύνην πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς ἀποκαλύπτειν“ (Lev. 18,7), εἰδὼς σαφῶς, ἡλίκον ἐστὶ κακὸν τὰ ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ νοῦ καὶ τῆς αἰσθήσεως μὴ ἐπέχειν καὶ ἐπικρύπτειν, ἀλλ’ ὥσπερ κατορθώματα προφέρειν εἰς μέσον. αἵδ’ εἰσὶν αἱ τῶν ἁμαρτη…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
emly that such persons should be united in venereal intercourse. This reason seems to be indicated ( Lev. 18:7 ) where we read: "She is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness," and the same is expressed further on with regard to others. The second reason is because bloo…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 89 (Migne)
abet quid Dominus per Moysem praecipiat dicens: Turpitudinem patris tui [Col. 0957C] non revelabis (Levit. XVIII, 7) ; filia enim patris tui turpitudo tua est [Note: [Col. 0957C] Ed., Turpitudinem patris, etc. Turpitudinem sororis tuae non revelabis. Filia enim prius his est. Tu…
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