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18 If a man goes to bed[a] with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them[b] must be cut off from the midst of their people. 19 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for such a person has exposed his own close relative.[c] They must bear their punishment for iniquity.[d] 20 If a man goes to bed[e] with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:18 tn Heb “lies down with.” See note at v. 11.
  2. Leviticus 20:18 tn Heb “and the two of them.”
  3. Leviticus 20:19 tn Heb “his flesh.”
  4. Leviticus 20:19 tn See the note on Lev 17:16 above.
  5. Leviticus 20:20 tn Heb “lies down with.” See note at v. 11.