Leviticus 18:6
None of you draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.
Literal Standard Version
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In Context
5And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.
Cross References
Genesis 19:33And they cause their father to drink wine on that night; and the firstborn goes in and lies with her father, and he has not known in her lying down or in her rising up.
Leviticus 20:11And a man who lies with his father’s wife—he has uncovered the nakedness of his father—both of them are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them.
Leviticus 21:2except for his relation who [is] near to him: for his mother, and for his father, and for his son, and for his daughter, and for his brother,
Ezekiel 22:11And each has done abomination with the wife of his neighbor, || And each has defiled his daughter-in-law through wickedness, || And each has humbled his sister, his father’s daughter, in you.
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 →