30 " A man shall not take his father's wife so that he will not uncover his father's skirt .

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:30

Commentary on Deuteronomy 22:13-30

(Read Deuteronomy 22:13-30)

These and the like regulations might be needful then, and yet it is not necessary that we should curiously examine respecting them. The laws relate to the seventh commandment, laying a restraint upon fleshly lusts which war against the soul.