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Leviticus 20:20-22
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Leviticus 20:20-22
New English Translation
20 If a man goes to bed[a] with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless. 21 If a man has marital relations with[b] his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness;[c] they will be childless.
Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience
22 “‘You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations,[d] so that[e] the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence does not vomit you out.
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- Leviticus 20:20 tn Heb “lies down with.” See note at v. 11.
- Leviticus 20:21 tn Heb “takes.” See notes at vv. 14 and 17. sn It must be assumed that the brother is still alive in this situation, since Deut 25:5 requires a man to marry his brother’s widow and have a child in his brother’s name. It is less clear whether the brother in this case has divorced his wife.
- Leviticus 20:21 sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.
- Leviticus 20:22 tn Heb “And you shall keep all my statutes and all my regulations and you shall do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modifier of the action of the second verb (see GKC 386 §120.d, although שָׁמַר [shamar, “to keep”] is not cited there; cf. Lev 22:31, etc.).
- Leviticus 20:22 tn Heb “and.” The Hebrew conjunction ו (vav, “and”) can be considered to have resultative force here.
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