Leviticus 20:14 meaning and explanation
If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
Leviticus 20:14, Berean Standard Bible
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These are the LORD's words to Moses for the Israelites, setting out penalties for sexual offenses that the surrounding nations practiced. This verse addresses a man who marries a woman and also her mother, a union the text calls depraved, meaning a calculated violation of the created order rather than an accident.
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