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Leviticus 18:17

15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

18 You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.
ASV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son`s daughter, or her daughter`s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
DARBY
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness.
BLB
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover—the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover her nakedness. They [are] close relatives; it [is] wickedness.
ÅB
Du skal ikke ha omgang med en kvinne og tillike med hennes datter; hennes sønnedatter eller hennes datterdatter skal du heller ikke ta og ha omgang med; de er hennes nære slekt, det er skammelig ferd.
OTB
Du skal ikke avdekke nakenheten til en kvinne og hennes datter, og du skal heller ikke ta hennes sønns datter eller hennes datters datter for å avdekke deres nakenhet; de er nære slektninger. Det er en ondskap.
B1930
Du skal ikke ha omgang med en kvinne og tillike med hennes datter; hennes sønnedatter eller hennes datterdatter skal du heller ikke ta og ha omgang med; de er hennes nære slekt, det er skammelig ferd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Leviticus 20:14

    If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

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  • Amos 2:7

    They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

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  • Deuteronomy 27:23

    ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

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