Leviticus 18:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.”
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“None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.”
King James Version · Public Domain“None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 18:6 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:33So that night they got their father drunk with wine, and the firstborn went in and slept with her father; he was not aware when she lay down or when she got up.
- Leviticus 18:7You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
- Leviticus 20:11If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Leviticus 20:17If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 21:2except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,
- Ezekiel 22:10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
- Ezekiel 22:11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).