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NASB | Mark 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Mark 6:18 For John had been saying to Herod, "It is not lawful [under Mosaic Law] for you to have your brother's wife." [Lev 18:16; 20:21] |
Subject: Incesat of affinity or consaguinity? |
Bible Note: Disciplerami, Where does the Law forbids marriage within that degree? Lev 18 makes it clear what relatives are meant by "do not have sexual relations with any of your relatives" by immediatley giving an itemized list of which relatives are meant. The clan or tribe were all relatives and marriage within the clan or tribe was encouraged to consoladate and preserve property rights. Only the specified degrees of consaguinity and affinity were forbidden. The Gospel's make it clear what John's objection was and it was the "brother's wife" issue, not a "half neice" issue. If you have to work this hard to find what you are looking for, it is probably not there in the first place. Emmaus |