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17 You must not expose the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, or her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter; you must not take her as wife[a] to expose her nakedness; they are close relatives[b]—that is wickedness. 18 And you must not take as wife[c] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her during[d] her life.

19 “‘And you must not have sex with[e] a woman to expose her nakedness during[f] her menstrual uncleanness.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:17 The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”)
  2. Leviticus 18:17 Literally “flesh”; see vv. 6, 12, 13
  3. Leviticus 18:18 The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”)
  4. Leviticus 18:18 Literally “in”
  5. Leviticus 18:19 Literally “approach”
  6. Leviticus 18:19 Literally “in”