John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter ,.... Take her to be his wife, or commit lewdness with her, whether she be his sister by both father and mother's side, or whether by one only, either way she is his sister, and it is not lawful to marry her, or lie with her, see Leviticus 18:9 , and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness ; which is not to be understood of an immodest view, exposing to each other what should not be seen, and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 20:10-21
Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of the guilt by the extremity of the punishment that would not otherwise be taught it. I. Lying with another man's wife was made a capital crime. The adulterer and the adulteress that had joined in the sin must fall alike under the sentence: they shall both be put to death, Lev. 20:10. Long before... read more