Leviticus 18:9

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You must not have sexual relations with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; you must not have sexual relations with either of them.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 20:17 : 17 “‘If a man has marital relations with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity.
  • Deut 27:22 : 22 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’
  • Ezek 22:11 : 11 One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.
  • Lev 18:11 : 11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.
  • 2 Sam 13:11-14 : 11 As she brought them to him to eat, he grabbed her and said to her,“Come on! Get in bed with me, my sister!” 12 But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing! 13 How could I ever be rid of my humiliation? And you would be considered one of the fools in Israel! Just speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you.” 14 But he refused to listen to her. He overpowered her and humiliated her by raping her.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Lev 18:10-20
    11 verses
    94%

    10 You must not expose the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter by having sexual relations with them, because they are your own nakedness.

    11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.

    12 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.

    13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh.

    14 You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have marital relations with her. She is your aunt.

    15 You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have sexual relations with her.

    16 You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

    17 You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have sexual relations with them. They are closely related to her– it is lewdness.

    18 You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual relations with her.

    19 “‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual relations with her.

    20 You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

  • Lev 18:6-8
    3 verses
    91%

    6 Laws of Sexual Relations“‘No man is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations with her. I am the LORD.

    7 You must not expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

    8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.

  • Lev 20:17-21
    5 verses
    87%

    17 “‘If a man has marital relations with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

    18 If a man goes to bed with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their people.

    19 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister and your father’s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. They must bear their punishment for iniquity.

    20 If a man goes to bed with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.

    21 If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.

  • 30 (23:1) A man may not marry his father’s former wife and in this way dishonor his father.

  • 77%

    10 They have sexual relations with their father’s wife within you; they violate women during their menstrual period within you.

    11 One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

  • 22 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • Lev 21:2-3
    2 verses
    75%

    2 except for his close relative who is near to him: his mother, his father, his son, his daughter, his brother,

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

  • 29 Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, so that the land does not practice prostitution and become full of lewdness.

  • 11 If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • 18 When she lustfully exposed her nakedness, I was disgusted with her, just as I had been disgusted with her sister.

  • 9 If a daughter of a priest profanes herself by engaging in prostitution, she is profaning her father. She must be burned to death.

  • 25 “‘They must not come near a dead person or they will be defiled; however, for father, mother, son, daughter, brother or unmarried sister, they may defile themselves.

  • Gen 9:22-23
    2 verses
    71%

    22 Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father’s nakedness and told his two brothers who were outside.

    23 Shem and Japheth took the garment and placed it on their shoulders. Then they walked in backwards and covered up their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned the other way so they did not see their father’s nakedness.

  • 16 and you then take his daughters for your sons, and when his daughters prostitute themselves to their gods, they will make your sons prostitute themselves to their gods as well.

  • 20 ‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 16 These are the statutes that the LORD commanded Moses, relating to a man and his wife, and a father and his young daughter who is still living in her father’s house.

  • 36 In this way both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

  • 61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

  • 18 As for a woman whom a man goes to bed with, then has a seminal emission, they must bathe in water and be unclean until evening.

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    45 You are the daughter of your mother, who detested her husband and her sons, and you are the sister of your sisters who detested their husbands and their sons. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.

    46 Your older sister was Samaria, who lived north of you with her daughters, and your younger sister, who lived south of you, was Sodom with her daughters.

  • 26 So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress!

  • 26 And you must not go up by steps to my altar, so that your nakedness is not exposed.’

  • 36 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because your lust was poured out and your nakedness was uncovered in your prostitution with your lovers, and because of all your detestable idols, and because of the blood of your children you have given to them,

  • 12 But she said to him,“No, my brother! Don’t humiliate me! This just isn’t done in Israel! Don’t do this foolish thing!

  • 6 False Prophets in the Family Suppose your own full brother, your son, your daughter, your beloved wife, or your closest friend should seduce you secretly and encourage you to go and serve other gods that neither you nor your ancestors have previously known,

  • 13 and a man goes to bed with her, for sexual relations, without her husband knowing it, and it is hidden that she has defiled herself, since there was no witness against her, nor was she caught–

  • 22 And with all your abominable practices and prostitution you did not remember the days of your youth when you were naked and bare, kicking around in your blood.

  • 1 Laws Concerning Preservation of Life When you see your neighbor’s ox or sheep going astray, do not ignore it; you must return it without fail to your neighbor.

  • 48 As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, your sister Sodom and her daughters never behaved as wickedly as you and your daughters have behaved.

  • 6 “For you took pledges from your brothers for no reason, and you stripped the clothing from the naked.