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
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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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).