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6 “ ‘⌊None⌋i of you shall approach anyone who is ⌊his close relative⌋j to expose nakedness; I am Yahweh. 7 You must not expose your father’s nakedness ork your mother’s nakedness—she is your mother; you must not expose her nakedness. 8 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife—it is your father’s nakedness. 9 As for your sister’s nakedness, whether your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether ⌊born at home⌋l or ⌊born abroad⌋,m you must not expose their nakedness. 10 As for the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, you must not expose their nakedness, because they are your nakedness. 11 As for the nakedness of the daughter of your father’s wife, she is your sister, a relative of your father; you must not expose her nakedness. 12 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is ⌊your father’s close relative⌋.n 13 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister, because she is ⌊your mother’s close relative⌋.o 14 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not ⌊have sex with⌋p his wife—she is your aunt. 15 You must not expose your daughter-in-law’s nakedness; she is your son’s wife; you must not expose her nakedness. 16 You must not expose the nakedness of your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness. 17 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 wifeq to expose her nakedness; they are ⌊close relatives⌋r—that is wickedness. 18 And you must not take as wifes a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her ⌊during⌋t her life.
19 “ ‘And you must not ⌊have sex with⌋u a woman to expose her nakedness ⌊during⌋v her menstrual uncleanness. 20 And ⌊you must not have sex⌋w with your fellow citizen’sx wife, becoming unclean with her.
i | Literally “a man a man … not” |
j | Literally “the flesh of his body” |
k | Or “and” |
l | Literally “a relative of house” |
m | Literally “a relative of an outside place” |
n | Literally “the flesh of your father” |
o | Literally “the flesh of your mother” |
p | Literally “approach” |
q | The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”) |
r | Literally “flesh”; see vv. 6, 12, 13 |
s | The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”) |
t | Literally “in” |
u | Literally “approach” |
v | Literally “in” |
w | Literally “you shall not give your lying down for semen” |
x | Or “neighbor’s” |
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