Leviticus 20:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

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  • Lev 18:16 : 16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
  • Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had seized John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John had said to him, It is not lawful for you to have her.

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  • Lev 20:17-20
    4 verses
    88%

    17And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

    18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

    19And you shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister, for he uncovers his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.

    20And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

  • Lev 18:11-20
    10 verses
    83%

    11The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

    13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

    14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

    15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

    16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

    17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

    18Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.

    19Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

    20Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

  • Lev 20:10-11
    2 verses
    78%

    10And the man that commits adultery with another man's wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

    11And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

  • Deut 25:5-7
    3 verses
    77%

    5If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry outside to a stranger; her husband's brother shall go to her and take her as his wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.

    6And it shall be, that the firstborn which she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name may not be put out of Israel.

    7And if the man does not want to take his brother's wife, then let his brother's wife go up to the gate to the elders, and say, 'My husband's brother refuses to raise up a name for his brother in Israel; he will not perform the duty of my husband's brother.'

  • Lev 20:14
    77%

    14And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

  • Deut 22:30
    77%

    30A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.

  • Num 5:12-13
    2 verses
    77%

    12Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, If any man's wife goes astray and acts unfaithfully against him,

    13And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;

  • Luke 20:29-30
    2 verses
    75%

    29There were therefore seven brothers: and the first took a wife, and died without children.

    30And the second took her as wife, and he died childless.

  • Ezek 22:10-11
    2 verses
    75%

    10In you they have uncovered their fathers' nakedness: in you they have humbled her who was set apart for impurity.

    11One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.

  • Num 5:20
    75%

    20But if you have gone aside to another instead of your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:

  • Lev 21:3
    74%

    3And for his sister, a virgin who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

  • Lev 15:16
    74%

    16And if any man's seed of emission goes out from him, then he shall wash all his body in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Lev 18:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

    9The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

  • Lev 18:6
    74%

    6None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

  • Mark 12:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    20Now there were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died, leaving no offspring.

    21The second took her, and died, leaving no offspring; and the third likewise.

  • Lev 20:22
    74%

    22You shall therefore keep all my statutes and all my judgments, and do them: that the land where I bring you to dwell does not vomit you out.

  • Deut 27:20
    74%

    20Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife; because he uncovers his father's bed. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Matt 22:25
    73%

    25Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.

  • Lev 21:7
    73%

    7They shall not take a wife who is a whore, or profane; nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.

  • Ezek 18:11
    73%

    11And does not do any of those duties, but has eaten upon the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,

  • Prov 6:29
    73%

    29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife; whoever touches her shall not be innocent.

  • Deut 28:30
    73%

    30You shall marry a wife, and another man shall lie with her: you shall build a house, and you shall not dwell therein: you shall plant a vineyard, and shall not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Lev 15:18
    73%

    18The woman also with whom a man lies with seed of emission, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.

  • Gen 38:9
    73%

    9But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so when he went to his brother’s wife, he spilled his seed on the ground, to avoid giving offspring to his brother.

  • Lev 19:20
    73%

    20And whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • Num 5:28
    72%

    28And if the woman is not defiled, but is clean, then she shall be free and shall conceive children.

  • Deut 22:22
    72%

    22If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man that lay with the woman, and the woman; so you shall put away evil from Israel.

  • Lev 21:13
    72%

    13And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

  • Deut 24:4
    72%

    4Her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after she is defiled; for that is an abomination before the LORD: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which the LORD your God gives you as an inheritance.

  • Deut 21:15
    72%

    15If a man has two wives, one beloved and another hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son is hers that was hated,