John Gill's Exposition on Leviticus 18:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister, etc.] His aunt by his father’s side, an instance of which we have in Amram, (<020620>Exodus 6:20); and Maimonides says f631, an aunt was forbidden whether she was a father’s sister in lawful wedlock or in fornication: she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman; or, the rest of thy father f632; the residue of his flesh, one of the same flesh and blood with him; wherefore, as he could not marry her himself, so his son likewise was too near akin to enter into such a relation with her.

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