Leviticus 18:13
“Do not have sex with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
In Context
12“Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.
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 →