Leviticus 18:9

18:9 You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, ¹  whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; ²  you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them. ³ 

Leviticus 20:17

20:17 “‘If a man has sexual intercourse with ⁴  his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. ⁵  He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity. ⁶ 

Leviticus 20:2

20:2 “You are to say to the Israelites, ‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel ⁷  who gives any of his children ⁸  to Molech ⁹  must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones. ¹⁰ 

Leviticus 13:1

Infections on the Skin

13:1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron:

Leviticus 13:8-14

13:8 The priest must then examine it, ¹¹  and if ¹²  the scab has spread on the skin, then the priest is to pronounce the person unclean. ¹³  It is a disease.

A Swelling on the Skin

13:9 “When someone has a diseased infection, ¹⁴  he must be brought to the priest. 13:10 The priest will then examine it, ¹⁵  and if ¹⁶  a white swelling is on the skin, it has turned the hair white, and there is raw flesh in the swelling, ¹⁷  13:11 it is a chronic ¹⁸  disease on the skin of his body, ¹⁹  so the priest is to pronounce him unclean. ²⁰  The priest ²¹  must not merely quarantine him, for he is unclean. ²²  13:12 If, however, the disease breaks out ²³  on the skin so that the disease covers all the skin of the person with the infection ²⁴  from his head to his feet, as far as the priest can see, ²⁵  13:13 the priest must then examine it, ²⁶  and if ²⁷  the disease covers his whole body, he is to pronounce the person with the infection clean. ²⁸  He has turned all white, so he is clean. ²⁹  13:14 But whenever raw flesh appears in it ³⁰  he will be unclean,

Ezekiel 22:11

22:11 One ³¹  commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates ³²  his sister – his father’s daughter ³³  – within you.

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “born of house or born of outside.” CEV interprets as “whether you grew up together or not” (cf. also TEV, NLT).

[18:9]  ³ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have “her nakedness” rather than “their nakedness,” thus agreeing with singular “sister” at the beginning of the verse.

[20:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “takes.” The verb “to take” in this context means “to engage in sexual intercourse,” though some English versions translate it as “marry” (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, CEV).

[20:17]  ⁵ tn Regarding the “cut off” penalty, see the note on Lev 7:20.

[20:17]  ⁶ tn See the note on Lev 17:16 above.

[20:2]  ⁷ tn Heb “or from the sojourner who sojourns”; NAB “an alien residing in Israel.”

[20:2]  ⁸ tn Heb “his seed” (so KJV, ASV); likewise in vv. 3-4.

[20:2]  ⁹ tn Regarding Molech and Molech worship see the note on Lev 18:21.

[20:2]  ¹⁰ tn This is not the most frequently-used Hebrew verb for stoning (see instead סָקַל, saqal), but a word that refers to the action of throwing, slinging, or pelting someone with stones (רָגָם, ragam; see HALOT 1187 s.v. רגם qal.a, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 136).

[13:8]  ¹¹ tn The “it” is not expressed but is to be understood. It refers to the “infection” (cf. the note on v. 2 above).

[13:8]  ¹² tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

[13:8]  ¹³ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

[13:9]  ¹⁴ tn Heb “When there is an infection of disease in a man.” The term for “a man; a human being” (אָדָם, ’adam; see the note on Lev 1:2 and cf. v. 2 above) refers to any person among “mankind,” male or female. For the rendering “diseased infection” see the note on v. 2 above.

[13:10]  ¹⁵ tn Heb “and the priest shall see.” The pronoun “it” is unexpressed, but it should be assumed and it refers to the infection (cf. the note on v. 8 above).

[13:10]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV).

[13:10]  ¹⁷ tn Heb “and rawness [i.e., something living] of living flesh is in the swelling”; KJV, NASB, NRSV “quick raw flesh.”

[13:11]  ¹⁸ tn The term rendered here “chronic” is a Niphal participle meaning “grown old” (HALOT 448 s.v. II ישׁן nif.2). The idea is that this is an old enduring skin disease that keeps on developing or recurring.

[13:11]  ¹⁹ tn Heb “in the skin of his flesh” as opposed to the head or the beard (v. 29; cf. v. 2 above).

[13:11]  ²⁰ tn This is the declarative Piel of the verb טָמֵא (tame’, cf. the note on v. 3 above).

[13:11]  ²¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the priest) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[13:11]  ²² sn Instead of just the normal quarantine isolation, this condition calls for the more drastic and enduring response stated in Lev 13:45-46. Raw flesh, of course, sometimes oozes blood to one degree or another, and blood flows are by nature impure (see, e.g., Lev 12 and 15; cf. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 191).

[13:12]  ²³ tn Heb “And if spreading [infinitive absolute] it spreads out [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

[13:12]  ²⁴ tn Heb “all the skin of the infection,” but see v. 4 above.

[13:12]  ²⁵ tn Heb “to all the appearance of the eyes of the priest.”

[13:13]  ²⁶ tn Heb “and the priest shall see.” The pronoun “it” is unexpressed, but it should be assumed and it refers to the infection (cf. the note on v. 8 above).

[13:13]  ²⁷ tn Heb “and behold” (so KJV, ASV, NASB).

[13:13]  ²⁸ tn Heb “he shall pronounce the infection clean,” but see v. 4 above. Also, this is another use of the declarative Piel of the verb טָהֵר (taher; cf. the note on v. 6 above).

[13:13]  ²⁹ tn Heb “all of him has turned white, and he is clean.”

[13:14]  ³⁰ tn Heb “and in the day of there appears in it living flesh.” Some English versions render this as “open sores” (cf. NCV, TEV, NLT).

[22:11]  ³¹ tn Heb “a man.”

[22:11]  ³² tn The verb is the same one used in verse 10b and suggests forcible sexual violation of the woman.

[22:11]  ³³ sn Sexual relations with one’s half-sister may be primarily in view here. See Lev 18:9; 20:17.