Leviticus 18:16-18
Lexham English Bible
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 wife[a] to expose her nakedness; they are close relatives[b]—that is wickedness. 18 And you must not take as wife[c] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her during[d] her life.
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- Leviticus 18:17 The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”)
- Leviticus 18:17 Literally “flesh”; see vv. 6, 12, 13
- Leviticus 18:18 The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”)
- Leviticus 18:18 Literally “in”
Leviticus 18:16-18
New International Version
16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(A) that would dishonor your brother.
17 “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.(B) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(C) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
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