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16 “If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual relations with it, both the woman and the animal are to be put to death. Their guilt[a] will remain their responsibility.

17 “If a man takes his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, so that he exposes her nakedness and she exposes his nakedness, it’s a shameful thing. They are to be eliminated from contact with their people[b] in front of their people’s children. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness. He’ll continue to bear responsibility for[c] his iniquity.

18 “If a man has sexual relations with a menstruating woman, he has exposed her nakedness, laying bare her fountain. He has exposed the source of her blood. Both are to be eliminated from contact with their people.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:16 Lit. blood
  2. Leviticus 20:17 The Heb. lacks from contact with their people
  3. Leviticus 20:17 The Heb. lacks responsibility for
  4. Leviticus 20:18 The Heb. lacks from contact with their people

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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