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Kretzmann's Popular Commentary

Leviticus 18:6

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness; I am the Lord. The literal translation is: "Any man at all, to any flesh of his flesh shall he not come near to uncover shame. " That is the fundamental rule: Sexual intercourse, the peculiar relation which is characteristic of the married state and is absolutely prohibited outside of holy wedlock, should not take place within the second degree of relationship, whether by blood (consanguinity) or by marriage (affinity).

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See also Leviticus 18:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Leviticus 18:6. _ANY THAT IS NEAR OF KIN_] כל שאר בשרו _col shear_ _besaro, any remnant of his flesh_, i. e., to any particularly allied to his own family, the prohibited degrees in which are s...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    NEAR OF KIN - See the margin. The term was evidently used to denote those only who came within certain limits of consanguinity, together with those who by affinity were regarded in the same relationsh...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    V. PRACTICAL HOLINESS IN DAILY LIFE 1. Different Unholy Relationships CHAPTER 18 _ 1. Separation and obedience (Leviticus 18:1)_ 2. Unholy relationships (Leviticus 18:6) 3. Vile and abominable pr...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    FORBIDDEN DEGREES OF MARRIAGE. After a general preface (Leviticus 18:6) the relationships are given in detail. The phrase uncover the nakedness is almost confined to Leviticus 17-20, Ezek., and Genesi...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Laws dealing with various Moral Subjects These three chs. contain features common to two or all three of them, which are found nowhere else in the Pentateuch. Such are (1) a collection of laws combin...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A general exhortation (hence perhaps the plural; see above), introductory to the enumeration of specific cases. Baentsch attributes it to the author of the preceding verses....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    NONE OF YOU, &C.— Improper and incestuous marriages, which were extremely common, not only among the Egyptians and Canaanites, but other Eastern idolaters, are here first prohibited. There were to be...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PROHIBITED MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS 18:6-18 TEXT 18:6-18 6 None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover _their_ nakedness: I am Jehovah. 7 The nakedness of thy father, e...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _NONE OF YOU SHALL APPROACH TO ANY THAT IS NEAR OF KIN TO HIM, TO UNCOVER THEIR NAKEDNESS: I AM THE LORD._ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin, х_ 'IYSH_ (H376) _ 'IYSH_ (H376) ......

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    18:6 relation, (a-11) Lit. 'own flesh of his flesh.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    LAW OF FORBIDDEN DEGREES OF MARRIAGE, AND OF CHASTITY 3. Some of the unions here forbidden as incestuous were permitted among the nations of antiquity. The early Egyptians, e.g. permitted marriage wit...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    LEVITICUS *WORSHIP THE *LORD IN THE BEAUTY OF *HOLINESS LEVITICUS _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ This commentary HAS BEEN through Advanced Checking. Words in boxes are from the Bible, except for the words i...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NONE OF YOU SHALL APPROACH. — Literally, _man, man, ye shall not approach._ It is part of the phrase used in Leviticus 17:3; Leviticus 17:8; Leviticus 17:13, and should accordingly be rendered by no m...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ אֶל ־כָּל ־שְׁאֵ֣ר בְּשָׂרֹ֔ו ל

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE LAW OF HOLINESS: CHASTITY Leviticus 18:1 Chapter S 18, 19, and 20, by a formal introduction Leviticus 18:1 and a formal closing, Leviticus 20:22 are indicated as a distinct section, very commonly...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At this point in the enunciation of the laws of separation they assume a slightly altered character. So far, the fundamental matters of relationships to God have been the principal note. Now the habit...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to (c) uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD. (c) That is, to lie with her, though it be under title of marriage....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Approach to marry, much less to gratify his sensual appetite. (Haydock) --- To him. Hebrew, "None shall approach to any of their descendants;" ad omnes reliquias carnis suæ; to any of those who spring...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These precepts, considered in a moral sense, carry with them conviction of their own propriety. And if explained spiritually, they serve to convey this idea, that the souls who are taken into covenant...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the various forms of the work of Christ, of His offering of Himself to God, whether in all the perfectness of His life, or in His death as the means of our acceptance. We have seen furthe...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    6._None of you shall approach to any that is near_. This name does not include all female relations; for cousin-ger-mans of the father’s or mother’s side are permitted to intermarry; but it must be re...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 18 keeps them from dishonouring themselves in the things which belong to nature itself-to what man ought to be in his natural relations, that he might not dishonour himself. Man ought not to d...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    NONE OF YOU SHALL APPROACH TO ANY THAT IS NEAR OF KIN TO HIM,.... Or to all "the rest of his flesh" t, which together with his make one flesh, who are of the same flesh and blood with him, and are uni...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I [am] the LORD. Ver. 6. _None of you shall approach,_] viz., To couple carnally with them. Eze 18:6 Isa 8:...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    The first of these prohibitions is against all improper and incestuous marriages, a thing very common among the Canaanitish nations and in Egypt, even to the last degree of unnatural mixtures. Diodoru...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    [VNLAWFULL MARRIAGES.] 1 Vnlawfull Marriages. 19 Vnlawfull lusts. 1 AND the LORD spake vnto Moses, saying, 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel, and say vnto them, I am the LORD your God. 3 After...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    FORBIDDING SEXUAL SINS (VV. 1-30) Chapter 17 has dealt with sin directly against God; now chapter 18 speaks of sin in relationship with other creatures, primarily humans, but also animals (v. 23). Mos...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    NONE, Heb. _no man_, For though the women also be bound by this law, yet the men alone are mentioned, both because they are most active in the choice of their yoke-fellows, and therefore most likely t...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    LEVITICUS 20:1-27. This section sets before us, in a very remarkable manner, the personal sanctity and moral propriety which Jehovah looked for, on the part of those whom He had graciously introduced...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Leviticus 18:6 approach H7126 (H8799) anyone H376 near H7607 kin H1320 uncover H1540 (H8763) nakedness H6172 LORD

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    RELATIONSHIPS WITHIN FAMILIES (LEVITICUS 18:6). Leviticus 18:6 “None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.” Firstly the initial principle...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Relationship and walk of God's people. CHARACTERS: God, Moses. CONCLUSION: Fleshly lusts war against the soul and will certainly be the ruin of it, if God's mercy and grace prevent not. K...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Leviticus 18:21. _Molech,_ or Moloch, was the chief idol of the Sabians, and of the Ammonites. 1 Kings 11:7; 1 Kings 11:33. To this idol Solomon built a high place on mount Olivet. The form of the ido...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him._ CONSANGUINITY 1. God the institutor of marriage (Leviticus 18:6). 2. Faith in Christ not commanded in the law (Leviticus 18:5). 3. O...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 18:1 The Call to Holiness. This section applies the principle of holiness (Leviticus 19:1) to various aspects of Israelite life. Chapte

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    LEVITICUS—NOTE ON LEVITICUS 18:6 These laws prohibit sexual relations (APPROACH... TO UNCOVER NAKEDNESS), and therefore marriage, between people who are too closely related, either by blood (mother, s...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    Incestuous Marriages: Domestic Purity SUGGESTIVE READINGS Leviticus 18:2.—Speak unto them and say, I am the Lord your God. Jehovah is the sole lawgiver, His word the one law to His people: ungodly cu...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    PART III. SECTION III. EXPOSITION MORAL UNCLEANNESS AND ITS PUNISHMENT. This being the subject of the three following chapters (chapters 18-20), they naturally form a sequence to chapters 11-17, whic...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Here we find the term used over and over again, "For I am the Lord your God." So God wants a holy people. He tells them how they are to walk with them. "For I am the Lord your God", and actually layin...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Leviticus 18:7; Leviticus 20:11; Leviticus 20:12; Leviticus 20:17...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    To uncover their nakedness — I think Mr. Free has made it highly probable, that this phrase does not mean marriage, but fornication, throughout this chapter. So it unquestionably means in the twentiet...

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