¹⁶You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s family.^aj ¹⁷You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter.^ak You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.^al ¹⁸You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.^a

¹⁹“You are not to approach^b a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.^c

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Cross references

aj Lv 20:21; Dt 25:5–10; Mt 14:3–4; Mk 6:18
ak Lv 20:14; Dt 27:23; Am 2:7
al Lv 19:29
a Gn 29:21–28
b Gn 20:4
c Lv 15:19–24; 20:18; Ezk 18:6

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity. And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

“You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

“ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

“ ‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife, for this would violate your brother.

“Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not take her granddaughter, whether her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives, and this would be a wicked act.

“While your wife is living, do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with her, for they would be rivals.

“Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You must not expose the nakedness of your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness. You must not expose the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, or her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter; you must not take her as wife to expose her nakedness; they are close relatives—that is wickedness. And you must not take as wife a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her during her life.

“ ‘And you must not have sex with a woman to expose her nakedness during her menstrual uncleanness.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

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