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Leviticus 18:7–20

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7‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness.

8‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

9‘aThe nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

10‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for 1their nakedness is yours.

11‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, 1born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

12‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative.

13‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative.

14‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

15‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

16‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

17‘aYou shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is 1lewdness.

18‘You shall not 1marry a woman in addition to 2her sister 3as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

19‘aAlso you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her bmenstrual impurity.

20‘aYou shall not have intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit they are your nakedness
  2. 1Lit begotten of
  3. 1Or wickedness
  4. 1Lit take a wife
  5. 2Or another
  6. 3Lit to be

Cross references

  1. aLev 20:11; Deut 27:20; Ezek 22:10
  2. aLev 20:11; Deut 22:30; 27:20; 1 Cor 5:1
  3. aLev 18:11; 20:17; Deut 27:22
  4. aLev 20:19
  5. aLev 20:20
  6. aLev 20:12
  7. aLev 20:21
  8. aLev 20:14
  9. aLev 15:24; 20:18
  10. bLev 12:2
  11. aLev 20:10; Prov 6:29; Matt 5:27, 28; 1 Cor 6:9; Heb 13:4