...buUt should be ascertained to be sound. In this matter there is no dispute as to the command itself, 4 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him.' All, therefore, who are near of kin come within the spirit and letter of this general prohibition....

...of the pretutes and my judgments : e which if a man do, he shall lire in them : {I am the LORD. 6 II None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, 'Eiod.6. 2,6, 29. Mai. 3. 6. cept to the Israelites is, ' Do ye not after the manner of these...

...of David, he loved many strange women. 20. Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him to uncover their nakedness ; 21. But I say unto you, that kings, who are nursing fathers to...

...the pre16* tutes and my judgments: « which if a man do, he shall live in them: f I am the LORD. 6 IT None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, f Exod. 6. 2, 6, 29. Mai. 3. 6. cept to the Israelites is, ( Do ye not after the manner of...

...sister's husband, sister's husband, and daughter's husband. The Mosaic law, Leviticus xviii. 6, runs, " None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him to uncover their nakedness ; I am the Lord." Particular instances of prohibition coming under...

...keep my statutes, and my judgments : ' which if a man do, ho shall live in them : * I am the LORD. 6 of Gomorrah : Their grapes are grapes of 'gall, — to him, to uncover their 7 nakedness : I am the LORD. 'The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness...

...18th chapter of the book of Leviticus, and we shall find a collection of laws exactly to the point. " None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him," &c. v. 6. The degrees of kindred are then expressly marked. Will it be objected, that these...

...notice is the principle of the prohibition applicable to all the cases. It is found in verse 6, — " NONE of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness." This prohibition is universal — " NONE of you." If this principle...

...brother8. The other and still more elaborate list (ch. xviii.) begins with the general prohibition, " None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him"9; and interdicts, besides, the marriage with the mother, the grand-daughter, and with the wife's...

...xviii. 3-5). And then follows a long list of prohibitions with regard to the intercourse of the sexes. "None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him." And then again the sacred historian brings the Canaanites into view ; and he declares with...