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Essay for Deuteronomy 23:1

לֹא־יִקַּ֥ח אִ֖ישׁ אֶת־אֵ֣שֶׁת אָבִ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יְגַלֶּ֖ה כְּנַ֥ף אָבִֽיו׃ (ס)

A man shall not take his father’s wife, and shall not uncover his father’s skirt.

The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox

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The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox

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The Five Books of Moses, by Everett Fox

Instead of the long lists in Lev. 18 and 20, we are given only what is a paradigmatic case of people who must not have sexual relations.
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