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Leviticus 18:6

No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

In Context

5And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.

7The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Cross References

Genesis 19:33And they gave their father wine to drink that night. And the first-born went in, and lay with her father, and he did not know of her lying down, nor of her rising.

Leviticus 20:11And a man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Leviticus 21:2except for his immediate relation, who is near unto him for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother;

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.

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 →

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