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Leviticus 18:18

NETBible	You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife¹ while she is still alive,² to have sexual intercourse with her.
NIV © biblegateway Lev 18:18	"‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
NASB © biblegateway Lev 18:18	‘You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.
NLT © biblegateway Lev 18:18	"Do not marry a woman and her sister because they will be rivals. But if your wife dies, then it is all right to marry her sister.
MSG © biblegateway Lev 18:18	"Don't marry your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sex with her while your wife is living.
BBE © SABDAweb Lev 18:18	And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.
NRSV © bibleoremus Lev 18:18	And you shall not take a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
NKJV © biblegateway Lev 18:18	‘Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.
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KJV	Neither shalt thou take <03947> (8799) a wife <0802> to her sister <0269>_, to vex <06887> (8800) [her], to uncover <01540> (8763) her nakedness <06172>_, beside the other in her life <02416> [time]. {a wife...: or, one wife to another}
NASB © biblegateway Lev 18:18	'You shall not marry <03947> a woman <0802> in addition <0413> to her sister <0269> as a rival <06887> while she is alive <02425> , to uncover <01540> her nakedness <06172> .
LXXM	gunaika <1135> N-ASF epi <1909> PREP adelfh <79> N-DSF authv <846> D-GSF ou <3364> ADV lhmqh <2983> V-FMI-2S antizhlon {N-ASF} apokaluqai <601> V-AAN thn <3588> T-ASF aschmosunhn <808> N-ASF authv <846> D-GSF ep <1909> PREP auth <846> D-DSF eti <2089> ADV zwshv <2198> V-PAPGS authv <846> D-GSF
NET [draft] ITL	You must not <03808> take <03947> a woman <0802> in marriage and then marry her sister <0269> as a rival <06887> wife while she is still alive <02416> , to have sexual intercourse <06172> <01540> with <05921> her.
HEBREW	hyyxb <02416> hyle <05921> htwre <06172> twlgl <01540> rrul <06887> xqt <03947> al <03808> htxa <0269> la <0413> hsaw (18:18) <0802>

NETBible

You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife¹ while she is still alive,² to have sexual intercourse with her.

NET Notes

¹tn Or “as a concubine”; Heb “And a woman to her sister you shall not take to be a second wife [or “to be a concubine”].” According to HALOT 1059 s.v. III צרר, the infinitive “to be a second wife” (לִצְרֹר, litsror) is a denominative verb from II צָרָה A (“concubine; second wife”), which, in turn, derives from II צר “to treat with hostility” (cf. J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 283, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 122).

²tn Heb “on her in her life.”