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21 (A)If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is an [a]impure act; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.

22 ‘You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to [b]inhabit will not (B)vomit you out. 23 Moreover, you shall not walk in (C)the statutes of the nation which I will cast out before you, for they did all these things, and (D)therefore I have loathed them.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:21 Or abhorrent
  2. Leviticus 20:22 Lit dwell in it

21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,(A) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.(B)

22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws(C) and follow them, so that the land(D) where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations(E) I am going to drive out before you.(F) Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(G)

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