"The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness." v.7
Read chapter 18.
This chapter speaks of the laws against sexual immorality including incest, brutal lusts, covetousness, sodomotry, and sex with animals; all of which were done by other nations and what the Lord was commanding not only Israel to not do but any stranger who dwelt among them (v.26). The phrase "uncover nakedness" used throughout this chapter means more than just taking off someones clothes and leaving them buck naked, rather it seems to be a "nicer" phrase then saying any of these wicked acts of sex. This also then gives light to what happened with Noah and Ham after the flood in Genesis 9 where it says that Ham saw his father's nakedness ("saw" could mean possibly that he looked upon his mother lustfully and performed his own act of sex with himself). I know this is gross to think of but how sad that these acts are still practiced today by so many, even among believers. This wasn't just something that went away when the law of Israel was no more, but something the Lord said was an abomination before the law was put in place and still afterwards in words in the New Testament. How do you deal or respond to someone you know (or don't know) that practices/practiced these things?
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