18:9 You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter,14 whether she is born in the same household or born outside it;15 you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them.16
tnHeb “the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother.”
15
tnHeb “born of house or born of outside.” CEV interprets as “whether you grew up together or not” (cf. also TEV, NLT).
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tc Several medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have “her nakedness” rather than “their nakedness,” thus agreeing with singular “sister” at the beginning of the verse.
tn For a smooth English translation “either of” was added.