Leviticus 18:17

עֶרְוַת אִשָּׁה וּבִתָּהּ לֹא תְגַלֵּה אֶֽת ־ בַּת ־ בְּנָהּ וְאֶת ־ בַּת ־ בִּתָּהּ לֹא תִקַּח לְגַלּוֹת עֶרְוָתָהּ שַׁאֲרָה הֵנָּה זִמָּה הִֽוא

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

In Context

16עֶרְוַת אֵֽשֶׁת ־ אָחִיךָ לֹא תְגַלֵּה עֶרְוַת אָחִיךָ הִֽוא ׃ ס

18וְאִשָּׁה אֶל ־ אֲחֹתָהּ לֹא תִקָּח לִצְרֹר לְגַלּוֹת עֶרְוָתָהּ עָלֶיהָ בְּחַיֶּֽיהָ ׃

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:14וְאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִקַּח אֶת ־ אִשָּׁה וְאֶת ־ אִמָּהּ זִמָּה הִוא בָּאֵשׁ יִשְׂרְפוּ אֹתוֹ וְאֶתְהֶן וְלֹא ־ תִהְיֶה זִמָּה בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם ׃

Amos 2:7הַשֹּׁאֲפִים עַל ־ עֲפַר ־ אֶרֶץ בְּרֹאשׁ דַּלִּים וְדֶרֶךְ עֲנָוִים יַטּוּ וְאִישׁ וְאָבִיו יֵֽלְכוּ אֶל ־ הַֽנַּעֲרָה לְמַעַן חַלֵּל אֶת ־ שֵׁם קָדְשִֽׁי ׃

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 →

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