John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 18:10

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, etc.] A man might not marry his granddaughter, whether a descendant of his son or of his daughter, nor any further off descending from him in a right line, not his great-granddaughter, and so on; and if he might not marry his granddaughter, much less his own daughter, as Jarchi observes, for the relation is still nearer; therefore that being prohibited, this in course must, though not mentioned: [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; neither debauch nor marry such an one: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness; which sprung from his, being the descendants either of his son or daughter; the Targum of Jonathan is, “for they are as thy nakedness,” his own flesh and blood.

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