15 (A)Thou shalt not discover the shame of thy daughter-in-law: for she is thy son’s wife: therefore shalt thou not uncover her shame.

16 (B)Thou shalt not discover the shame of thy [a]brother’s wife: for it is thy brother’s shame.

17 Thou shalt not discover the shame of the wife and of her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, nor her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her shame: for they are thy kinsfolks, and it were wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:16 Because the idolaters, among whom God’s people had dwelt and should dwell, were given to these horrible incests, God chargeth his to beware of the same.

15 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.(A) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.(B)

16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(C) that would dishonor your brother.

17 “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.(D) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

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