Text -- Deuteronomy 27:20 (NET)

27:20 ‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 27:20

¹ tn Heb “who lies with” (so NASB, NRSV); also in vv. 22, 23. This is a Hebrew idiom for having sexual relations (cf. NIV “who sleeps with”; NLT “who has sexual intercourse with”).

² tn See note at Deut 22:30.

³ tn Heb “he uncovers his father’s skirt” (NASB similar). See note at Deut 22:30.