Deuteronomy 27:20

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!’

Leviticus 18:8

18:8 You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.

Leviticus 20:11

20:11 If a man has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

Leviticus 20:1

Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship

20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses:

Colossians 1:1

Salutation

1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,

Colossians 1:13

1:13 He delivered us from the power of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of the Son he loves,

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”).

tn See note at Deut 22:30.

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

tn Heb “the nakedness of your father she is.” See the note on v. 7 above. This law refers to another wife of the man’s father, who is not that man’s mother. The laws in the Pentateuch sometimes assume the possibility that a man may have more than one wife (cf., e.g., Deut 21:15-17).

sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.

tn See the note on v. 9 above.

10 tn Grk “Paul.” The word “from” is not in the Greek text, but has been supplied to indicate the sender of the letter.

13 tn Here αὐτοῦ (autou) has been translated as a subjective genitive (“he loves”).