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Leviticus 18:5-7
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5 Keep, then, my statutes and decrees, for the person who carries them out will find life[a] through them. I am the Lord.(A)

6 [b]None of you shall approach a close relative[c] to have sexual intercourse. I am the Lord. 7 [d]You shall not disgrace your father by having intercourse with your mother.(B) She is your own mother; you shall not have intercourse with her.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:5 Find life: in Dt 30:15–20 Moses sets before the people life and death. The alternatives are set out in detail in Lv 26 and Dt 28. Cf. Ez 20:11, 13, 21.
  2. 18:6–23 These laws deal with illicit sexual behavior. Lv 20:10–21 reiterates most of these cases, with penalties. Cf. also Dt 27:15–26; Ez 22:7–12. The ordering of the cases in Lv 18 seems to be: blood relatives (vv. 6–13), those related by marriage (vv. 14–18), then other cases (vv. 19–23).
  3. 18:6 Close relative: this refers to a blood relative and includes those not specifically mentioned in the list, such as one’s own daughter and a full sister. Have sexual intercourse: lit., “to uncover nakedness.”
  4. 18:7–8 Cf. the story of Reuben lying with Bilhah, his father’s concubine and Rachel’s maid (Gn 35:22; 49:4).
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