Leviticus 18:16 “You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that woul…”

Leviticus 18:16

You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

World English Bible

“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.

American Standard Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy brothers wife. for it is thy brothers shame.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

Bible in Basic English

You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

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Cross references

“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.”

Leviticus 20:21 Deuteronomy 25:5 Matthew 22:24 Mark 12:19 Mark 6:17 Luke 3:19

Leviticus 20:21 · BSB

If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

Deuteronomy 25:5 · BSB

When brothers dwell together and one of them dies without a son, the widow must not marry outside the family. Her husband’s brother is to take her as his wife and fulfill the duty of a brother-in-law for her.

Matthew 22:24 · BSB

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.

Mark 12:19 · BSB

“Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.

Mark 6:17 · BSB

For Herod himself had ordered that John be arrested and bound and imprisoned, on account of his brother Philip’s wife Herodias, whom Herod had married.

Luke 3:19 · BSB

But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

17You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

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