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Gesenius Thesaurus in צרר. "Ne ducito uxorem ad sororem ejus, ita ut zelotypæ fiant, una alterius aemula sit."[1]
Zunz, Arnheim, Fürst, Sachs, four of the greatest Hebrew scholars now living, in their Bible (Berlin, 1838): Und nimm kein Weib zu ihrer Schwester dazu als Nebenbuhlerin dass du aufdeckest ihre Schaam neben derselben bei deren Leben.[2] This translation exhibits the joint and deliberate opinion of the four.
Bertheau, who has devoted more study to the laws of Moses than any other living scholar, has also, "Kein Weib zu ihrer Schwester sollst du nehmen, ihre Schaam zu blössen neben ihr, so lange sie lebet." [3]
Dr. Baumgarten, of Kiel, says:—"Da das verbot der Ehe mit der Frauen schwester durch die Rücksicht auf der ersteren Leben ausdrücklich bedingt wird (בְּחַיֶּיהָ, v. 18) so muss man mit den Rabbaniten schliessen, dass die Ehe nach dem Tode der Frau gestattet wird." [4]—Vol. ii., p. 204.
Dr. Chalmers, whose opinion on any subject is deserving of attention, says, on Lev. xviii. 2—18 :—"It is remarkable, that whilst there is an express interdict on the marriage of a man with his brother's wife, there is no such prohibition against his marriage with his wife's sister. In verse 18 the prohibition is only against marrying a wife's sister during the life of the first wife,
- ↑ "Marry not a wife in addition to her sister, so that they should become jealous, one be the rival of the other."
- ↑ "Take not any wife to her sister as rival, so as to uncover her shame, beside her, during her life."
- ↑ "No wife to her sister shalt thou take, to uncover her shame beside her, as long as she lives."—Die sieben Gruppen Mosaischer Gesetze. Göttingen, 1840, p. 199.
- ↑ TRANSLATION. As the prohibition of marriage with the wife's sister is expressly limited by reference to the life of the first (בְּחַיֶּיהָ, v. 18), we must with the Rabbanites conclude, that this marriage is permitted after the death of the wife.
