You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father(A) and mother.[a] She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;(B) she is your father’s family.(C) You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s,(D) whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:7 Lit Do not uncover your father’s nakedness and your mother’s nakedness

“‘Do not dishonor your father(A) by having sexual relations with your mother.(B) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

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

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,(E) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.(F)

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The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

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