Geneva Bible Notes: Leviticus 18

Leviticus 18:3 (a) Ye shal preserue your selues from these abominations following, which the Egyptians and the Canaanities vse.

Leviticus 18:3 (!) The Israelites oght not to followe the maners of the Egyptians and the Canaanities.

Leviticus 18:5 (b) And therefore ye oght to serue me alone, as my people.

Leviticus 18:6 (!) The mariages that are vnlawful.

Leviticus 18:6 (c) That is, to lie with her, thogh it be vnder title of mariage.

Leviticus 18:8 (d) Which is thy stepmother.

Leviticus 18:9 (e) Ether by father or by mother, borne in mariage or otherwise.

Leviticus 18:10 (f) Thei are her children whose shame thou hast vncouered.

Leviticus 18:12 (/) Or, secrets.

Leviticus 18:14 (/) Ebr. thy fathers brothers wife.

Leviticus 18:14 (g) Which thine vncle doeth discouer.

Leviticus 18:16 (h) Because the idolaters among whome Gods people had dwelt & shulde dwel were giuen to these horrible incests, God chargeth his to beware of the same.

Leviticus 18:18 (i) By seing thine affection more bent to her sister then to her.

Leviticus 18:19 (k) Or, whiles she hathe her floures.

Leviticus 18:21 (l) Which was an idole of the Ammonites, vnto whome thei burned and sacrificed their children, {2 King, 23,10}.

Leviticus 18:21 (/) Or, to make them passe.

Leviticus 18:21 (/) Ebr. of thy sede.

Leviticus 18:23 (/) Or, confusion.

Leviticus 18:25 (m) I wil punish the land where suche incestuous mariages & pollutions are suffred.

Leviticus 18:25 (n) He compareth the wicked to euil humours and surfeting which corrupt the stomacke and oppress nature and therefore must be cast out by vomet.

Leviticus 18:28 (o) Bothe for their wicked mariages, vnnatural copulations, idolatrie or spiritual whoredome with Molech, and suche like abominacions.

Leviticus 18:29 (p) Ether by the ciuile sworde or by some plague that God wil send vpon suche.