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Ezekiel 22:10
In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel addresses the residents of Jerusalem, delivering a formal indictment of the city's widespread moral and ritual corruption prior to its destruction.
The words — The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת אָב ('er.vat 'av) literally translates to "the nakedness of a father," while נִדָּה (ni.Dah) specifically denotes "menstruation" or menstrual impurity.
The thread — The text directly mirrors Levitical prohibitions by pairing incest with sexual contact during a woman's cycle, running parallel to the laws in Leviticus 18:7, Leviticus 18:19, and Leviticus 20:11.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to acknowledge that covenant violation encompasses both sexual boundary-breaking and ritual defilement, demanding precise adherence to both physical and relational holiness.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 18:19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
- Leviticus 18:7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
- Leviticus 20:11 If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Ezekiel 18:6 He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period.
- Genesis 35:22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 49:4 Uncontrolled as the waters, you will no longer excel, because you went up to your father’s bed, onto my couch, and defiled it.
- Leviticus 20:18 If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.
- Deuteronomy 27:20 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Deuteronomy 27:23 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- 2 Samuel 16:21 Ahithophel replied, “Sleep with your father’s concubines, whom he has left to take care of the palace. When all Israel hears that you have become a stench to your father, then the hands of all who are with you will be strengthened.”