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17 If a man marries his sister,(A) his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have intercourse with each other, that is disgraceful; they shall be publicly cut off[a] from the people; the man shall bear the penalty of having had intercourse with his own sister.

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  1. 20:17 Cut off: see note on 7:20.

22 “Cursed be anyone who has relations with his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter!”(A) And all the people shall answer, “Amen!”

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