Leviticus 18:14-16
Living Bible
14 nor your aunt—the wife of your father’s brother.[a]
15 “You may not marry your daughter-in-law—your son’s wife; 16 nor your brother’s wife, for she is your brother’s.[b]
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- Leviticus 18:14 nor your aunt—the wife of your father’s brother. This prohibition applied not only while her husband lived, but also after his death.
- Leviticus 18:16 for she is your brother’s. Except when the brother died and left no heir, in which case his wife was left to a brother to beget children for her to carry on the name and inheritance of the deceased. See Deuteronomy 25:5.
Leviticus 18:14-16
New International Version
14 “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.(A)
15 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.(B) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.(C)
16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(D) that would dishonor your brother.
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