Leviticus 21:3

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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

  • 4 But let him, being a chief among his people, not make himself unclean in such a way as to put shame on himself.

  • 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.

  • Lev 21:13-15
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    78%

    13 And let him take as his wife one who has not had relations with a man.

    14 A widow, or one whose husband has put her away, or a common woman of loose behaviour, may not be the wife of a priest; but let him take a virgin from among his people.

    15 And he may not make his seed unclean among his people, for I the Lord have made him holy.

  • Lev 20:17-21
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    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.

    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 18:8-14
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    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;

  • 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.

  • Num 6:7-8
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    74%

    7 He may not make himself unclean for his father or his mother, his sister or his brother, if death comes to them; because he is under an oath to keep himself separate for God.

    8 All the time he is separate he is holy to the Lord.

  • Lev 18:16-20
    5 verses
    73%

    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.

  • 11 He may not go near any dead body or make himself unclean for his father or his mother;

  • 9 And if he gives her to his son, he is to do everything for her as if she was his daughter.

  • 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.

  • 7 They may not take as wife a loose or common woman, or one who has been put away by her husband: for the priest is holy to his God.

  • 23 If a young virgin has given her word to be married to a man, and another man meeting her in the town, has connection with her;

  • 36 But if, in any man's opinion, he is not doing what is right for his virgin, if she is past her best years, and there is need for it, let him do what seems right to him; it is no sin; let them be married.

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

  • 6 And has not taken flesh with the blood for food, or given worship to the images of the children of Israel; if he has not had connection with his neighbour's wife, or come near to a woman at the time when she is unclean;

  • 28 But if she is clean she will be free and will have offspring.

  • 21 And anyone touching her bed will have to have his clothing washed and his body bathed in water and be unclean till evening.

  • 5 If brothers are living together and one of them, at his death, has no son, the wife of the dead man is not to be married outside the family to another man: let her husband's brother go in to her and make her his wife, doing as it is right for a brother-in-law to do.

  • 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;

  • 14 And says evil things about her and gives her a bad name, saying, I took this woman, and when I had connection with her it was clear to me that she was not a virgin:

  • 22 And they are not to take as wives any widow or woman whose husband has put her away: but they may take virgins of the seed of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

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

  • 16 But if at some time after hearing of them, he makes them without force, then he is responsible for her wrongdoing.

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

  • Lev 22:12-13
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    12 And if the daughter of a priest is married to an outside person she may not take of the holy things which are lifted up as offerings.

    13 But if a priest's daughter is a widow, or parted from her husband, and has no child, and has come back to her father's house as when she was a girl, she may take of her father's bread; but no outside person may do so.

  • Lev 15:23-24
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    23 Anyone touching anything on the bed or on the thing on which she has been seated, will be unclean till evening.

    24 And if any man has sex relations with her so that her blood comes on him, he will be unclean for seven days and every bed on which he has been resting will be unclean.

  • 4 Her first husband, who had sent her away, may not take her back after she has been wife to another; for that is disgusting to the Lord: and you are not to be a cause of sin in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage.