Leviticus 20:21
"'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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Referenced Verses
- 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 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."
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- Lev 20:17-204 verses88%
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.
20 If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
- Lev 18:11-2010 verses83%
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.
16 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
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 20:10-112 verses78%
10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
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.
- Deut 25:5-73 verses77%
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.
6 It shall be, that the firstborn whom she bears shall succeed in the name of his brother who is dead, that his name not be blotted out of Israel.
7 If 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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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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30 A man shall not take his father's wife, and shall not uncover his father's skirt.
- Num 5:12-132 verses77%
12 "Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them: If any man's wife goes astray, and is unfaithful to him,
13 and 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;
- Luke 20:29-302 verses75%
29 There were therefore seven brothers. The first took a wife, and died childless.
30 The second took her as wife, and he died childless.
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses75%
10 In you have they uncovered their fathers' nakedness; in you have they humbled her who was unclean in her impurity.
11 One 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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20 But if you have gone astray, being under your husband, and if you are defiled, and some man has lain with you besides your husband:'
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3 and for his virgin sister who is near to him, who has had no husband; for her he may defile himself.
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16 "'If any man has an emission of semen, then he shall bathe all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the evening.
- Lev 18:8-92 verses74%
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.
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6 "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
- Mark 12:20-212 verses74%
20 There were seven brothers. The first took a wife, and dying left no offspring.
21 The second took her, and died, leaving no children behind him. The third likewise;
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22 "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.
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20 Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's skirt. All the people shall say, Amen.
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25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first married and died, and having no seed left his wife to his brother.
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7 "'They shall not marry a woman who is a prostitute, or profane; neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband: for he is holy to his God.
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11 and who does not any of those [duties], but even has eaten on the mountains, and defiled his neighbor's wife,
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29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife. Whoever touches her will not be unpunished.
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30 You 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 the fruit of it.
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18 If 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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9 Onan 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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20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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28 If the woman isn't defiled, but is clean; then she shall be free, and shall conceive seed.
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22 If a man be found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both of them die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman: so shall you put away the evil from Israel.
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13 "'He shall take a wife in her virginity.
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4 her former husband, who sent her away, may not take her again to be his wife, after that she is defiled; for that is abomination before Yahweh: and you shall not cause the land to sin, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance.
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15 If a man have two wives, the one beloved, and the other hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and the hated; and if the firstborn son be hers who was hated;