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Keil & Delitzsch on Leviticus 18:15

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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Sexual connection with a daughter-in-law, a son's wife, is called תּבל in Lev 20:12, and threatened with death to both the parties concerned. תּבל, from בּלל to mix, to confuse, signifies a sinful mixing up or confusing of the divine ordinances by unnatural unchastity, like the lying of a woman with a beast, which is the only other connection in which the word occurs ( Lev 18:23). Leviticus 18:16
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