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Laws Against Incestuous Relationships

No one shall approach his own flesh and blood[a] to uncover their nakedness.[b] I am the Lord.

You shall not uncover the nakedness that is reserved for your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is nakedness that is reserved for your father.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:6 Literally shall not draw near to any flesh (sheer) of his flesh (basar). The prohibition includes relationships of blood and marriage.
  2. Leviticus 18:6 This euphemism may include sexual misconduct that falls short of intercourse. See Noah and Ham in Genesis 9.