16 If a woman comes near any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal.(A) They must be put to death; their own blood is on them. 17 If a man marries his sister,(B) whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,[a](C) it is a disgrace.(D) They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment. 18 If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood.(E) Both of them must be cut off from their people.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:17 Lit and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness

16 “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

17 “‘If a man marries his sister(A), the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed(B) from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.(C)

18 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period,(D) he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.(E)

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