“You are not to come near(A) any close relative[a] for sexual intercourse;(B) I am Yahweh. You are not to shame your father(C) by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;(D) it will shame your father.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:6 Lit any flesh of his flesh

“‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

“‘Do not dishonor your father(A) by having sexual relations with your mother.(B) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;(C) that would dishonor your father.(D)

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