Leviticus 18:18

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her , to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life - time .

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Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

In Context

17Thou 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.

19Also thou shalt not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

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Cross References

Genesis 29:28And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel, his daughter, for a wife also.

Exodus 26:3The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Malachi 2:15And did he not make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And why one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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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