Leviticus 18:6
You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
5So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.
Cross References
Genesis 19:33And that night they made their father take much wine; and the older daughter went into his bed; and he had no knowledge of when she went in or when she went away.
Leviticus 20:11And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.
Leviticus 21:2But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;
Ezekiel 22:11And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:2-6
Cautions against Idolatrous Practices. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God. 3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my… Read the whole commentary →