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Leviticus 18:6–8

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6“You are not to come nearz any close relativeC for sexual intercourse;aa I am the Lord. 7You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your fatherab and mother.D She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. 8You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;ac she is your father’s family.ad

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Footnotes

  1. C any flesh of his flesh
  2. D Do not uncover your father’s nakedness and your mother’s nakedness

Cross references

  1. zGn 20:4
  2. aa1Tm 4:3
  3. abEzk 22:10
  4. acGn 35:22; 49:4; Lv 20:11; 2Sm 16:21–22; Am 2:7; 1Co 5:1
  5. adLv 20:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

“ ‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

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

NLTNew Living Translation

“You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the Lord.

“Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

“Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“ ‘None of you shall approach anyone who is his close relative to expose nakedness; I am Yahweh. You must not expose your father’s nakedness or your mother’s nakedness—she is your mother; you must not expose her nakedness. You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife—it is your father’s nakedness.

KJV 1900King James Version

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.