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If a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
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"Burnt with Fire" Explained
Commentators clarify that the punishment of being "burnt with fire" was likely not being burned alive at the stake. Scholars describe two main interpretations from Jewish tradition: either the body was burned after execution by other means, or a specific method involving molten lead was used. This highlights a formal, legal execution, not uncontrolled mob violence.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The burning under the sentence of the Law took place after the death of the criminal by stoning, or strangling (Joshua 7:25).
19th Century
Anglican
A wife and her mother. —See Leviticus 18:17.
They shall be burnt with fire. —This, as we have see…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And if a man take a wife, and her mother Marry both the one and the other, or commit uncleanness with them, they con…
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