Leviticus 20:21
`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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Referenced Verses
- Lev 18:16 : 16 `The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it `is' thy brother's nakedness.
- 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,'
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- Lev 20:17-204 verses88%
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.
- Lev 18:11-2010 verses83%
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.
16`The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it `is' thy brother's nakedness.
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 20:10-112 verses78%
10`And a man who committeth adultery with a man's wife -- who committeth adultery with the wife of his neighbour -- the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
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.
- Deut 25:5-73 verses77%
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;
6and it hath been, the first-born which she beareth doth rise for the name of his dead brother, and his name is not wiped away out of Israel.
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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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.
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30`A man doth not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's skirt.
- Num 5:12-132 verses77%
12`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, When any man's wife turneth aside, and hath committed against him a trespass,
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,
- Luke 20:29-302 verses75%
29`There were, then, seven brothers, and the first having taken a wife, died childless,
30and the second took the wife, and he died childless,
- Ezek 22:10-112 verses75%
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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20and thou, if thou hast turned aside under thy husband, and if thou hast been defiled, and any man doth give his copulation to thee besides thy husband --
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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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16`And when a man's seed of copulation goeth out from him, then he hath bathed with water all his flesh, and been unclean till the evening.
- Lev 18:8-92 verses74%
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.
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6`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I `am' Jehovah.
- Mark 12:20-212 verses74%
20`There were then seven brothers, and the first took a wife, and dying, he left no seed;
21and the second took her, and died, neither left he seed, and the third in like manner,
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22`And ye have kept all My statutes, and all My judgments, and have done them, and the land vomiteth you not out whither I am bringing you in to dwell in it;
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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.
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25`And there were with us seven brothers, and the first having married did die, and not having seed, he left his wife to his brother;
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7`A woman, a harlot, or polluted, they do not take, and a woman cast out from her husband they do not take, for he `is' holy to his God;
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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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29So `is' he who hath gone in unto the wife of his neighbour, None who doth touch her is innocent.
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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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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.
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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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20`And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she `is' not free.
- 72%
28`And if the woman hath not been defiled, and is clean, then she hath been acquitted, and hath been sown `with' seed.
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22`When a man is found lying with a woman, married to a husband, then they have died even both of them, the man who is lying with the woman, also the woman; and thou hast put away the evil thing out of Israel.
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13`And he taketh a wife in her virginity;
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4`Her former husband who sent her away is not able to turn back to take her to be to him for a wife, after that she hath become defiled; for an abomination it `is' before Jehovah, and thou dost not cause the land to sin which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance.
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15`When a man hath two wives, the one loved and the other hated, and they have borne to him sons (the loved one and the hated one), and the first-born son hath been to the hated one;