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You must not have sexual relations with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter,[a] whether she is born in the same household or born outside it;[b] you must not have sexual relations with either of them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:9 tn Heb “the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother.”
  2. Leviticus 18:9 tn Heb “born of house or born of outside.” CEV interprets as “whether you grew up together or not” (cf. also TEV, NLT).
  3. Leviticus 18:9 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.tn For a smooth English translation “either of” was added.

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,(A) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.(B)

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