Leviticus 20:17
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And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
In other translations
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
Hebrew words
וְאִישׁve'ishand a manH376אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whoH834יִקַּחyikachhe will takeH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֲחֹתוֹ'achotosister hisH269בַּת־bat-[the] daughter ofH1323אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1אוֹ'oorH176בַת־vat-[the] daughter ofH1323אִמּוֹ'imomother hisH517וְרָאָהvera'ahand he will seeH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֶרְוָתָהּ'ervatahnakedness herH6172וְהִיא־vehi'-and sheH1931תִרְאֶהtir'ehshe will seeH7200אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853עֶרְוָתוֹervatonakedness hisH6172חֶסֶדchesed[is] a shameH2617הוּאhu'itH1931וְנִכְרְתוּvenikhretuand they will be cut offH3772לְעֵינֵיle'eineito [the] eyes ofH5869בְּנֵיbenei[the] sons ofH1121עַמָּם'amampeople theirH5971עֶרְוַת'ervat[the] nakedness ofH6172אֲחֹתוֹ'achotosister hisH269גִּלָּהgilahhe has uncoveredH1540עֲוֹנוֹavonoiniquity hisH5771יִשָּׂא׃yisa'he will bearH5375
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Related verses
- Leviticus 18:9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
- Deuteronomy 27:22Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Ezekiel 22:11And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
- Genesis 20:12And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father—though not the daughter of my mother—and she became my wife.
- 2 Samuel 13:12And she answered him, Nay, my brother, do not force me; for no such thing ought to be done in Israel: do not thou this folly.“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
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