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11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.[a] 12 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.[b] 13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:11 tn Heb “The nakedness of the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father, she is your sister; you must not uncover her nakedness.” That is, a half sister, the daughter of the man’s father by another wife, who is not the man’s mother, is to be considered a true sister. Therefore, the man must not have sexual intercourse with her.
  2. Leviticus 18:12 tc A few medieval Hebrew mss, the LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate all read “because she is the flesh of your father,” like the MT of v. 13.

11 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

12 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister;(A) she is your father’s close relative.

13 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister,(B) because she is your mother’s close relative.

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