Leviticus 18:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“You 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.”
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“You 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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
King James Version · Public Domain“The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she <FI>is<Fi> thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 18:7 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 19:32Come, let us get our father drunk with wine so we can sleep with him and preserve his line.”
- Leviticus 18:8You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
- 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 20:14If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Ezekiel 22:10In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
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