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16 You are not to have sexual relations with your brother’s wife, your sister-in-law;[a] you might as well violate your brother. 17 You are not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter, her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter; they are blood relations. It would be a disgusting act. 18 As long as your wife is living, do not marry her sister or have sexual relations with her. This would make them rivals.

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  1. 18:16 Mark 6:18

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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