Text: Amos 2:7
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 18:7-8
Subject: Father and son with same woman (sexual violation)
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Amos 2:7 condemns Israel because "a man and his father have relations with the same girl," an act that directly violates the incest prohibitions of Leviticus 18:7-8, which forbid uncovering the nakedness (עֶרְוָה, ervah) of one's father or his wife. Amos frames this as profaning God's "holy name" (שֵׁם קָדְשִׁי, shem qodshi), linking sexual violation to sacrilege against Yahweh Himself. The prophet's charge demonstrates that Levitical holiness law was not merely ceremonial but embedded in Israel's covenantal identity, and its violation constituted grounds for national judgment.