Leviticus 18:16
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 20:21 : 21 "'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Deut 25:5 : 5 If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
- Matt 22:24 : 24 saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
- Mark 12:19 : 19 "Teacher, Moses wrote to us, 'If a man's brother dies, and leaves a wife behind him, and leaves no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up offspring for his brother.'
- Luke 3:19 : 19 but Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias, his brother's wife, and for all the evil things which Herod had done,
- Mark 6:17 : 17 For Herod himself had sent out and arrested John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, for he had married her.
- Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod had laid hold of John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lev 18:6-1510 verses89%
6"'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
7"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
8"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
9"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.
10"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.
11"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
12"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
13"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
14"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
15"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
- Lev 18:17-204 verses88%
17"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
19"'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
20"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
- Lev 20:17-215 verses84%
17"'If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18"'If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.
20If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21"'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
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30A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses76%
10In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
11One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; and another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
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5If brothers dwell together, and one of them die, and have no son, the wife of the dead shall not be married outside to a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in to her, and take her to him as wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
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11"'The man who 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.
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13and a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and is kept close, and she is defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she isn't taken in the act;
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29So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
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15who has not eaten on the mountains, neither has lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, has not defiled his neighbor's wife,
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1You shall not see your brother's ox or his sheep go astray, and hide yourself from them: you shall surely bring them again to your brother.
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22"'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.
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18"Neither shall you commit adultery.
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25They were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.
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6For you have taken pledges from your brother for nothing, and stripped the naked of their clothing.
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3and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
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30You shall betroth 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 use its fruit.
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18For John said to Herod, "It is not lawful for you to have your brother's wife."
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11and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
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26Neither shall you go up by steps to my altar, that your nakedness may not be exposed to it.'
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22'Cursed is he who lies with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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20'Cursed is he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt.' All the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- Gen 38:8-92 verses71%
8Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife, and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her, and raise up seed to your brother."
9Onan knew that the seed wouldn't be his; and it happened, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest he should give seed to his brother.
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14"You shall not commit adultery.
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5A woman shall not wear men's clothing, neither shall a man put on women's clothing; for whoever does these things is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
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18If a man lies with a woman and there is an emission of semen, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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14"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
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18So she uncovered her prostitution, and uncovered her nakedness: then my soul was alienated from her, like as my soul was alienated from her sister.
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29"'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.
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16and you take of their daughters to your sons, and their daughters play the prostitute after their gods, and make your sons play the prostitute after their gods.
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7If the man doesn't want to take his brother's wife, then his brother's wife shall go up to the gate to the elders, and say, "My husband's brother refuses to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he will not perform the duty of a husband's brother to me."
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2You shall not take a wife, neither shall you have sons or daughters, in this place.