 | Edmund Burke - 1852 - 944 pages
...Milner, the Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge. The verse which in our translation stands, " Neither shall thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime " — when literally rendered is, "A -woman unto sister thou shall... | |
 | 1853 - 636 pages
...the unlearned reader may judge which is the best interpretation. The words in our translation are, ' Neither shalt thou take a wife to her ' sister to vex her .... besides the other in her lifetime? Now we are told that a wife to her sister might be rendered,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness ; for they are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 18 e be to you, fear not : your God, and the God of'your fa! ther, hath given you tre beside the other in her life-ft'/we. 19 <TAlso thou shalt not approach unta a woman to uncover her... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1855 - 590 pages
...which has relation to the question now occupying so much attention, is contained in verse 18th: — "Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister to vex her, beside the other in her lifetime." This evidently means, that although the Jew was permitted to have... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - 1815 - 512 pages
...pass over, which, to me, seems a plain prohibition of polygamy, in Lev-it, xviii. 18. Thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time. This respects either incest or polygamy ; one of which must be... | |
 | John Henry Livingston - 1816 - 192 pages
...men of cultivated minds ought to be ashamed. IV. A fourth objection is raised from Levit. 18. 18. " neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other, in her life time." From this precept it is inferred : " that the natural sister of... | |
 | 1818 - 948 pages
...daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakrJness ; Jor they are her near kinswonien : it /.• wickedness. 18 ray thyself with glory and beauty. 11 Cast abroad the fage of thy wrath ¡ and beh besides theother in her life-Jim«. 19 IT Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her... | |
 | 1840 - 772 pages
...the law, as with the interpretation of the Levitical prohihitions. In Levit, xviii. 18, we read — " Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, hesides the other in her life-time." — Lev. xviii. 18. Upon this Dr. Dodd's commentary is — " Custom... | |
 | 1842 - 982 pages
...are honoured and blessed by God. About two centuries afterwards, the divine legislator enjoined, " Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside the other in her lifetime." Lev. iv. 18. It is submitted that here marriage with a deceased... | |
 | John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...lawful marriage. Another text from which the unlawfulness of polygamy is maintained, is Lev. xviii. 18. neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. Here Junius translates the passage mulierem unam ad alteram, instead... | |
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Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. 
