20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses:
1:1 From Paul, 7 an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
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.
4 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).
7 sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.
8 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”).