This is called triple adultery because it is three times more serious than the two previous cases. Which are the blood-relations or 'remainders of the flesh'* who are not to be approached may be seen listed in Lev. 18:6-17. The reasons why adultery of this type is three times more serious than the two discussed above are both inward and outward. The inward reasons are the result of their correspondence with the violation of the spiritual marriage, which is between the Lord and the church, and so between good and truth. The outward reasons are to prevent a person becoming an animal. But there is no space here to go further with the revelation of these reasons. * A literal translation of the Hebrew phrase often rendered 'next-of-kin.'