Verse 11
And the man that lieth with his father's wife ,.... Whether she be his mother, or another woman, as the Targum of Jonathan; that is, whether she is his own mother, or a stepmother, or whether he did this in the lifetime of his father, or after his death, or whether she was betrothed or married, it mattered not; according to the Jewish tradition F4 Misn. ut supra, (Sanhedrin, c. 7.) sect. 4. , this is a breach of the law, Leviticus 18:8 ; and a man guilty of this
hath uncovered his father's nakedness ; and which is a foul and shameful piece of wickedness; the penalty follows:
both of them shall be put to death ; by casting stones on them, as the Targum of Jonathan adds; for, as before observed, wherever the following phrase:
their blood shall be upon them , is used, stoning is meant; and so, according to the Misnah F5 lbid. , all those were to be stoned, after mentioned, of whom this phrase is used.
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