Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 18:15
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she [is] thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law,…. Shall not he with her in his son’s lifetime, or marry her after his death:
she [is] that son’s wife; and so one flesh with him, and who is of the same flesh and blood with his father, and therefore the nearness of the relation forbids such incestuous copulation or marriage:
thou shall not uncover her nakedness; or have carnal knowledge of her, whether in the life or after the death of his son, even then marriage with her is not lawful.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Sexual connection with a daughter-in-law, a son’s wife, is called in Lev 20:12, and threatened with death to both the parties concerned. , from to mix, to confuse, signifies a sinful mixing up or confusing of the divine ordinances by unnatural unchastity, like the lying of a woman with a beast, which is the only other connection in which the word occurs (Lev 18:23).
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(15) Thy daughter-in-law.The legislators in the time of Christ defined this prohibition as applicable not only to cases where marriage between them had actually been consummated, but to cases where the maiden had only been espoused, or when the daughter-in-law had been divorced by the son, or had become a widow. For an offence of this kind both parties were punished with death. (See Lev. 20:12.) Other nations regarded such alliances with the same abhorrence. (See Koran, 4:27.)
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Ver. 15. Son’s wife.] Whether he be dead or alive.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 20:12, Gen 38:18, Gen 38:19, Gen 38:26, Eze 22:11
Reciprocal: Num 18:20 – General Amo 2:7 – and a