Leviticus 18:16
`The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it `is' thy brother's nakedness.
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Referenced Verses
- Lev 20:21 : 21 `And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it `is' impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
- Deut 25:5 : 5 `When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;
- Matt 22:24 : 24 `Teacher, Moses said, If any one may die not having children, his brother shall marry his wife, and shall raise up seed to his brother.
- Mark 12:19 : 19 `Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if any one's brother may die, and may leave a wife, and may leave no children, that his brother may take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.
- Luke 3:19 : 19 and Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, and concerning all the evils that Herod did,
- Mark 6:17 : 17 For Herod himself, having sent forth, did lay hold on John, and bound him in the prison, because of Herodias the wife of Philip his brother, because he married her,
- Matt 14:3-4 : 3 For Herod having laid hold on John, did bind him, and did put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip's wife, 4 for John was saying to him, `It is not lawful to thee to have her,'
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lev 18:6-1510 verses89%
6`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I `am' Jehovah.
7`The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she `is' thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
8`The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it `is' the nakedness of thy father.
9`The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.
10`The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs `is' thy nakedness.
11`The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she `is' thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
12`The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she `is' a relation of thy father.
13`The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she `is' thy mother's relation.
14`The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she `is' thine aunt.
15`The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she `is' thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
- Lev 18:17-204 verses88%
17`The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they `are' her relations; it `is' wickedness.
18`And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.
19`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
20`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.
- Lev 20:17-215 verses84%
17`And a man who taketh his sister, a daughter of his father or daughter of his mother, and he hath seen her nakedness, and she seeth his nakedness: it is a shame; and they have been cut off before the eyes of the sons of their people; the nakedness of his sister he hath uncovered; his iniquity he beareth.
18`And a man who lieth with a sick woman, and hath uncovered her nakedness, her fountain he hath made bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood, -- even both of them have been cut off from the midst of their people.
19`And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister, thou dost not uncover; because his relation he hath made bare; their iniquity they bear.
20`And a man who lieth with his aunt, the nakedness of his uncle he hath uncovered; their sin they bear; childless they die.
21`And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it `is' impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
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30`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses76%
10The nakedness of a father hath one uncovered in thee, The defiled of impurity they humbled in thee.
11And each with the wife of his neighbour hath done abomination, And each his daughter-in-law hath defiled through wickedness, And each his sister, his father's daughter, hath humbled in thee.
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5`When brethren dwell together, and one of them hath died, and hath no son, the wife of the dead is not without to a strange man; her husband's brother doth go in unto her, and hath taken her to him for a wife, and doth perform the duty of her husband's brother;
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11`And a man who lieth with his father's wife -- the nakedness of his father he hath uncovered -- both of them are certainly put to death; their blood `is' on them.
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13and a man hath lain with her `with' the seed of copulation, and it hath been hid from the eyes of her husband, and concealed, and she hath been defiled, and there is no witness against her, and she hath not been caught,
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29So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
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15On the mountains he hath not eaten, And his eyes he hath not lifted up Unto idols of the house of Israel, The wife of his neighbour he hath not defiled,
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1`Thou dost not see the ox of thy brother or his sheep driven away, and hast hidden thyself from them, thou dost certainly turn them back to thy brother;
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22`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it `is'.
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18`Thou dost not commit adultery.
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25And they are both of them naked, the man and his wife, and they are not ashamed of themselves.
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6For thou takest a pledge of thy brother for nought, And the garments of the naked Thou dost strip off.
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3and for his sister, the virgin, who is near unto him, who hath not been to a man; for her he is defiled.
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30`A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;
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18for John said to Herod -- `It is not lawful to thee to have the wife of thy brother;'
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11And he all those hath not done, For even on the mountains he hath eaten, And the wife of his neighbour he hath defiled,
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26neither dost thou go up by steps on Mine altar, that thy nakedness be not revealed upon it.
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22`Cursed `is' he who is lying with his sister, daughter of his father, or daughter of his mother, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
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20`Cursed `is' he who is lying with his father's wife, for he hath uncovered his father's skirt, -- and all the people have said, Amen.
- Gen 38:8-92 verses71%
8And Judah saith to Onan, `Go in unto the wife of thy brother, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother;'
9and Onan knoweth that the seed is not `reckoned' his; and it hath come to pass, if he hath gone in unto his brother's wife, that he hath destroyed `it' to the earth, so as not to give seed to his brother;
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14`Thou dost not commit adultery.
- 70%
5`The habiliments of a man are not on a woman, nor doth a man put on the garment of a woman, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God `is' any one doing these.
- 70%
18`And a woman with whom a man lieth with seed of copulation, they also have bathed with water, and been unclean till the evening.
- 70%
14`And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it `is' wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.
- 70%
18And she revealeth her whoredoms, And she revealeth her nakedness, And alienated is My soul from off her, As alienated was My soul from off her sister.
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29`Thou dost not pollute thy daughter to cause her to go a-whoring, that the land go not a-whoring, and the land hath been full of wickedness.
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16and thou hast taken of their daughters to thy sons, and their daughters have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have caused thy sons to go a-whoring after their gods;
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7`And if the man doth not delight to take his brother's wife, then hath his brother's wife gone up to the gate, unto the elders, and said, My husband's brother is refusing to raise up to his brother a name in Israel; he hath not been willing to perform the duty of my husband's brother;
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2Thou dost not take to thee a wife, Nor hast thou sons and daughters in this place.