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Unlawful Sexual Relations

Leviticus 18:12

In 11 translations

BSB
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.
ASV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
LSV
You do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.
YLT
'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she [is] a relation of thy father.
DBY
The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.
DRC
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.
GNV
Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman.
JPS
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
LXXE
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲחוֹת־אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה שְׁאֵ֥ר אָבִ֖יךָ הִֽוא׃
LXX-Br
Ἀσχημοσύνην ἀδελφῆς πατρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις, οἰκεία γὰρ πατρός σου ἐστιν.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 20:19You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
  • Exodus 6:20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

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