Deuteronomy 27:22

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Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

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  • Lev 18:9 : 9 You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.
  • Lev 20:17 : 17 And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.
  • Ezek 22:11 : 11 And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.
  • 2 Sam 13:1 : 1 Now after this, it came about that Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar; and David's son Amnon was in love with her.
  • 2 Sam 13:8-9 : 8 So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house; and he was in bed. And she took paste and made cakes before his eyes, cooking them over the fire. 9 And she took the cooking-pot, and put the cakes before him, but he would not take them. And Amnon said, Let everyone go away from me. So they all went out. 10 Then Amnon said to Tamar, Take the food and come into my bedroom, so that I may take it from your hand. So Tamar took the cakes she had made and went with them into her brother Amnon's bedroom. 11 And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister. 12 And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing. 13 What will become of me in my shame? and as for you, you will be looked down on with disgust by all Israel. Now then, go and make your request to the king, for he will not keep me from you. 14 But he would not give attention to what she said: but being stronger than she, he took her by force, and had connection with her.

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    15Cursed is the man who makes any image of wood or stone or metal, disgusting to the Lord, the work of man's hands, and puts it up in secret. And let all the people say, So be it.

    16Cursed is he who does not give honour to his father or mother. And let all the people say, So be it.

    17Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's landmark from its place. And let all the people say, So be it.

    18Cursed is he by whom the blind are turned out of the way. And let all the people say, So be it.

    19Cursed is he who gives a wrong decision in the cause of a man from a strange land, or of one without a father, or of a widow. And let all the people say, So be it.

    20Cursed is he who has sex relations with his father's wife, for he has put shame on his father. And let all the people say, So be it.

    21Cursed is he who has sex relations with any sort of beast. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Deut 27:23-26
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    23Cursed is he who has sex relations with his mother-in-law. And let all the people say, So be it.

    24Cursed is he who takes his neighbour's life secretly. And let all the people say, So be it.

    25Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.

    26Cursed is he who does not take this law to heart to do it. And let all the people say, So be it.

  • Lev 20:17-21
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    17And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

    18And if a man has sex relations with a woman at the time when she is unwell, he has seen her fountain and she has let the fountain of her blood be uncovered, and the two of them are to be cut off from among their people.

    19And you may not have sex connection with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for they are his near relations: their sin will be on them.

    20And if a man has sex relations with the wife of his father's brother, he has put shame on his father's brother: their sin will be on them; till the day of their death they will have no children.

    21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.

  • Lev 18:6-14
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    6You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

    7You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

    8And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

    9You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

    10You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;

    11Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

    12You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

    13You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.

    14You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

  • Ezek 22:10-11
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    10In you they have let the shame of their fathers be seen; in you they have done wrong to a woman at the time when she was unclean.

    11And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Lev 20:11-12
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    11And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

    12And if a man has sex relations with his son's wife, the two of them are to be put to death: it is unnatural; their blood will be on them.

  • Lev 21:2-3
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    2But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;

    3And for his sister, a virgin, for she is his near relation and has had no husband, he may make himself unclean.

  • Lev 18:16-18
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    16You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

    17You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

    18And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

  • Deut 22:30
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    30A man may not take his father's wife or have sex relations with a woman who is his father's.

  • Lev 20:9
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    9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

  • 2 Sam 13:11-12
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    11And when she took them to give them to him, he put his arms round her and said, Come to bed, my sister.

    12And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

  • Lev 20:14
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    14And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.

  • Prov 30:11
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    11There is a generation who put a curse on their father, and do not give a blessing to their mother.

  • Exod 21:17
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    17Any man cursing his father or his mother is to be put to death.

  • Lev 18:22
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    22You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

  • Deut 28:18
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    18A curse will be on the fruit of your body, and on the fruit of your land, on the increase of your cattle, and the young of your flock.

  • Num 5:22
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    22And this water of the curse will go into your body, causing disease of your stomach and wasting of your legs: and the woman will say, So be it.

  • Gen 19:36
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    36And so the two daughters of Lot were with child by their father.

  • Gen 34:31
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    31But they said, Were we to let him make use of our sister as a loose woman?