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Sforno on Leviticus 20:5/ספורנו על ויקרא כ׳:ה׳

אוּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ. כִּי לֹא תִהְיֶה הַעְלָמַת עֵינֵי עַם הָאָרֶץ זוּלָתִי מִיַּד מִשְׁפַּחְתּוֹ הַמַּחֲזִיקִים בְּיָדוֹ.
1ובמשפחתו, seeing that the people at large ignored his evil deed due to the sinner’s family covering up for him in the first place, thereby strengthening the hand of the perpetrator.