Leviticus 18:11

Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

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In The King James Version

The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

In Context

10You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;

12You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:9You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:7-19

Incest Defined and Forbidden; Against Marrying Near Relations. ( b. c. 1490.) 6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord . 7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. 9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she… Read the whole commentary →

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