Leviticus 18:7

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Leviticus 18:7

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Leviticus 18

⁵ Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

⁶ None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

⁷ You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

⁸ You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

⁹ You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

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