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18 And you must not take as wife[a] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her during[b] her life.

19 “‘And you must not have sex with[c] a woman to expose her nakedness during[d] her menstrual uncleanness. 20 And you must not have sex[e] with your fellow citizen’s[f] wife, becoming unclean with her.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:18 The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”)
  2. Leviticus 18:18 Literally “in”
  3. Leviticus 18:19 Literally “approach”
  4. Leviticus 18:19 Literally “in”
  5. Leviticus 18:20 Literally “you shall not give your lying down for semen”
  6. Leviticus 18:20 Or “neighbor’s”