Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:12
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman.
Thy fathers sister – The instance of Amram and Jochebed Exo 6:20 seems to show that marriage with an aunt was not considered wrong by the Israelites when they were in Egypt.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Thy aunt by the fathers side, as the next verse speaks of the aunt by the mothers side. If Amrams example be alleged to the contrary, See Poole “Exo 6:20“.
Thy fathers near kinswoman, Heb. thy fathers flesh, a member and product of the same flesh from which thy father came.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister,…. His aunt by his father’s side, an instance of which we have in Amram, Ex 6:20; and Maimonides says i, an aunt was forbidden whether she was a father’s sister in lawful wedlock or in fornication:
she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman; or, the rest of thy father k; the residue of his flesh, one of the same flesh and blood with him; wherefore, as he could not marry her himself, so his son likewise was too near akin to enter into such a relation with her.
i Hilchot Issure Biah, c. 2. sect. 5. k “reliquiarum patris tui”, Tigurine version.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Marriage or conjugal intercourse with the sister of either father or mother (i.e., with either the paternal or maternal aunt) was prohibited, because she was the blood-relation of the father or mother. = (Lev 18:6, as in Lev 20:19; Lev 21:2; Num 27:11), hence , blood-relationship (Lev 18:17).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(12) Thy fathers sister.According to the law which obtained in the time of Christ this prohibition not only extended to the fathers half-sisters, but even when they were begotten by the grandfather illegitimately. It is remarkable that Moses himself was the offspring of such an alliance, since his father Amram married his own aunt Jochebed, who was the sister of his father. (See Exo. 6:20.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman.
Ver. 12. She is thy father’s near kins woman.] As near as may be: and therefore nature abhorreth any such copulation.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
father’s sister. See Exo 6:20.
she. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read “for she”.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Lev 20:19, Exo 6:20
Reciprocal: Num 26:59 – General