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You must not expose your father’s nakedness or[a] your mother’s nakedness—she is your mother; you must not expose her nakedness. You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife—it is your father’s nakedness. As for your sister’s nakedness, whether your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home[b] or born abroad,[c] you must not expose their nakedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:7 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 18:9 Literally “a relative of house”
  3. Leviticus 18:9 Literally “a relative of an outside place”

“‘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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