Text: Amos 2:7
OT Text Referred to: Leviticus 18:7
Subject: father and son with same female
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Amos 2:7 accuses Israel of the sin where "a man and his father have relations with the same girl," echoing Leviticus 18:7's prohibition against uncovering a father's nakedness (עֶרְוַת אָבִיךָ, ervat avikha). The Levitical law defines such acts as violations of family holiness boundaries that defile the land, while Amos identifies this specific transgression as profaning Yahweh's holy name. By citing this particular sexual sin alongside economic oppression (trampling the poor), Amos demonstrates that Israel's corruption extends across every domain of covenant life -- social, economic, and sexual.