Leviticus 20:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • 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.
  • Deut 27:22 : 22 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.
  • 2 Sam 13:12 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Gen 20:12 : 12 And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 20:18-21
    4 verses
    88%

    18 And 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.

    19 And 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.

    20 And 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.

    21 And 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 18:6-20
    15 verses
    85%

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

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

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

    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.

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

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

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

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

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

    15 Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

    16 You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

    17 You 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.

    18 And 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.

    19 And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

    20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

  • 22 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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    10 In 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.

    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.

  • Lev 20:11-16
    6 verses
    79%

    11 And 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.

    12 And 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.

    13 And if a man has sex relations with a man, the two of them have done a disgusting thing: let them be put to death; their blood will be on them.

    14 And 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.

    15 And if a man has sex relations with a beast, let him be put to death, and let the beast be put to destruction.

    16 And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.

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

  • Lev 21:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 But only for his near relations, for his mother or his father, his son or his daughter, and his brother;

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

  • 20 Cursed 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.

  • 13 By taking as her lover another man, and keeps it secret so that her husband has no knowledge of it, and there is no witness against her, and she is not taken in the act;

  • 18 So her loose behaviour was clearly seen and her shame uncovered: then my soul was turned from her as it had been turned from her sister.

  • Lev 15:16-18
    3 verses
    72%

    16 And if a man's seed goes out from him, then all his body will have to be bathed in water and he will be unclean till evening.

    17 And any clothing or skin on which the seed comes is to be washed with water and be unclean till evening.

    18 And if a man has sex relations with a woman and his seed goes out from him, the two of them will have to be bathed in water and will be unclean till evening.

  • 20 If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

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

  • 25 They are not to come near any dead person so as to become unclean: but for a father or mother or son or daughter or brother or for a sister who has no husband, they may make themselves unclean.

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    20 But if what he has said is true, and she is seen to be not a virgin,

    21 Then they are to make the girl come to the door of her father's house and she will be stoned to death by the men of the town, because she has done evil and put shame on Israel, by acting as a loose woman in her father's house: so you are to put away evil from among you.

  • 27 And the sons of Jacob came on them when they were wounded and made waste the town because of what had been done to their sister;

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

  • 4 And if the people of the land do not take note of that man when he gives his offspring to Molech, and do not put him to death,

  • 9 And if the daughter of a priest makes herself common and by her loose behaviour puts shame on her father, let her be burned with fire.

  • 4 If word of this comes to your ears, then let this thing be looked into with care, and if there is no doubt that it is true, and such evil has been done in Israel;

  • 16 But if his clothing is not washed and his body bathed, his sin will be on him.