“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not have relations with her. The daughter-in-law is prohibited — the son's wife is protected from her husband's father. The she is your son's wife framing grounds the prohibition in the existing relationship: the son's marriage creates a relational boundary that the father cannot cross. Tamar in Genesis 38:24 was condemned as a temple prostitute when her father-in-law Judah unknowingly had relations with her — the relationship that Leviticus 18:15 prohibits.
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