...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 not take, to uncover nakedness,...

...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,...

...kinswomen : it [is] wickedness. 1 8 Neither shah thou take a wife to her sister, one vâfe ta another, to vex [her,] to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time.] 19 Also thou shall not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, aa long as she...

...daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness ; for they are her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. eace be to you, fear not : your God, and the God of'your...fa! ther, hath given you treasure in your ! sacks : life-ft'/we. 19 <TAlso thou shalt not approach unta a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she...

...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...

...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...

...which 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 uncover her nakedness, beside the other, in her life time." From this precept it is inferred : " that the natural sister of the wife is intended ;...

...daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakrJness ; Jor they are her near kinswonien : it /.• wickedness. array 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...

...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...

...incompatible with lawful marriage. Another text from which the unlawfulness of polygamy is maintained, is Lev. xviii. 18. neither shalt thou take a wife to...to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. Here Junius translates the passage mulierem unam ad alteram, instead of mulierem ad sororem...