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Leviticus 18:8

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18:8You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.13

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Footnotes

  1. 13 Heb “the nakedness of your father she is.” See the note on v. above. This law refers to another wife of the man’s father, who is not that man’s mother. The laws in the Pentateuch sometimes assume the possibility that a man may have more than one wife (cf., e.g., Deut 21:15–17).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You are not to have sex with your father’s wife; she is your father’s family.

NLTNew Living Translation

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

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife—it is your father’s nakedness.

KJV 1900King James Version

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.