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Leviticus 18:9

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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 20:11

Context
20:11 If a man has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. 4  Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. 5 

Leviticus 20:21

Context
20:21 If a man has sexual intercourse with 6  his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; 7  they will be childless.

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[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.

[20:11]  4 sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.

[20:11]  5 tn See the note on v. 9 above.

[20:21]  7 tn Heb “takes.” The verb “to take” in this context means “to engage in sexual intercourse.”

[20:21]  8 sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.



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