16 (A)Thou shalt not discover the shame of thy [a]brother’s wife: for it is thy brother’s shame.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:16 Because the idolaters, among whom God’s people had dwelt and should dwell, were given to these horrible incests, God chargeth his to beware of the same.

16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(A) that would dishonor your brother.

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21 So the man that taketh his brother’s wife, committeth filthiness, because he hath uncovered his brother’s [a]shame, they shall be childless.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:21 Read Lev.18:16.

21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,(A) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.(B)

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