Leviticus 18:6

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No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

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  • Lev 18:7-9 : 7 Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. 8 Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father. 9 Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the same household or elsewhere. 10 Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would dishonor yourself. 11 Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister. 12 Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative. 13 Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative. 14 Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt. 15 Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you must not uncover her nakedness. 16 Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother. 17 Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. 18 Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living. 19 Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.
  • Lev 20:11-12 : 11 If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. 12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion; their blood is upon them.
  • Lev 20:17-21 : 17 If a man marries his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and they see each other's nakedness, it is a disgrace. They shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness and shall bear his iniquity. 18 If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity. 20 If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:7-24
    18 verses
    88%

    7Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

    8Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.

    9Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the same household or elsewhere.

    10Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would dishonor yourself.

    11Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

    12Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

    13Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.

    14Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

    15Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you must not uncover her nakedness.

    16Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.

    17Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

    18Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

    19Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.

    20Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.

    21Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

    22Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.

    23Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

    24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    83%

    17If a man marries his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and they see each other's nakedness, it is a disgrace. They shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness and shall bear his iniquity.

    18If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

    19You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity.

    20If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

    21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10In you, they have dishonored their fathers' nakedness; they have violated women during their impurity.

    11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.

  • Lev 18:29-30
    2 verses
    74%

    29For anyone who commits any of these detestable practices will be cut off from among their people.

    30So keep my charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were done before you, so you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.

  • Lev 18:5
    74%

    5You must keep my decrees and my laws, because the person who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.

  • Lev 20:11
    74%

    11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

  • Lev 21:2
    73%

    2Except for a close relative, his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, or his brother.

  • Exod 20:26
    72%

    26And do not go up to My altar by steps, so that your nakedness is not exposed on it.

  • Lev 22:2-3
    2 verses
    72%

    2Speak to Aaron and his sons and command them to separate themselves from the holy things of the people of Israel, so that they do not profane My holy name by what they dedicate to Me. I am the LORD.

    3Say to them: 'If any of your descendants in future generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the LORD while he is ceremonially unclean, that person will be cut off from My presence. I am the LORD.'

  • Lev 21:11
    71%

    11He must not go near any dead body or make himself unclean, even for his father or his mother.

  • Lev 19:29
    71%

    29Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute, or the land will become filled with wickedness.

  • Ezek 44:25
    71%

    25Priests must not come near a dead person and defile themselves, except for a father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or an unmarried sister. For these, they may defile themselves.

  • Lev 18:26-27
    2 verses
    71%

    26But you are to keep my statutes and my judgments. Do not commit any of these abominations, whether you are a native-born or a foreigner residing among you.

    27For all these abominations were committed by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land was defiled.

  • Deut 27:20
    71%

    20Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

  • Lev 19:19
    71%

    19Keep my decrees. Do not mate different kinds of animals. Do not plant your field with different kinds of seed. Do not wear clothing woven from two kinds of material.

  • Lev 21:16
    70%

    16The LORD spoke to Moses, saying:

  • Prov 6:29
    70%

    29So is he who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

  • Lev 15:16-17
    2 verses
    70%

    16If a man has an emission of semen, he must bathe his entire body with water, and he will remain unclean until evening.

    17Any clothing or leather that has semen on it must be washed with water, and it will remain unclean until evening.

  • Exod 28:42
    70%

    42Make linen undergarments to cover their nakedness; they shall extend from the waist down to the thighs.

  • Deut 22:5
    70%

    5A woman shall not wear men’s clothing, nor shall a man put on women’s clothing, for anyone who does such things is detestable to the LORD your God.

  • Ezek 16:36
    70%

    36This is what the Lord GOD says: Because you poured out your lust and exposed your nakedness in your promiscuity with your lovers and because of all your detestable idols and the blood of your children you gave to them,

  • Ezek 18:6
    69%

    6he does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel; he does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her impurity.

  • Lev 19:31
    69%

    31Do not turn to mediums or spiritists. Do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.