Leviticus 18:16
Thou shalt not uncover the ervah (nakedness) of thy brotherʼs wife; it is thy brotherʼs nakedness.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 25:5If achim dwell together, and one of them die, and ben ain lo (have no child), the eshet hamet (wife of the dead) shall not marry outside unto an ish zar (strange man); her yevam (deceased husbandʼs brother) shall go in unto her, and take her to him as a wife, and perform the levirate marriage.
Matthew 22:24Saying, Rabbi, Moshe Rabbenu said that if someone dies, not having banim, his brother shall marry his isha (wife) to raise up zera (seed) for his brother.
Mark 12:19Rabbi, Moshe (Rabbeinu) wrote to us that if an ACH of someone should die and leave behind an isha UVEN EIN LO (and there is no son to him) YEVAMAH YAVO ALEIHA ULEKAKHAH LO LISHA VHAYAH HABECHOR ASHER TELED YAKUM AL SHEM ACHIV HAMET + 12:19 Dt 25:5 (the brother of her husband must come to her and he must take her to him as wife and the Bechor she bears shall raise up the name of the dead brother).
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 →