Leviticus 18:16
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
KJV
Turpitudinem uxoris fratris tui non revelabis : quia turpitudo fratris tui est.
Vulgate
ἀσχημοσύνην γυναικὸς ἀδελφοῦ σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις· ἀσχημοσύνη ἀδελφοῦ σού ἐστιν.
LXX
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
ASV
עֶרְוַ֥ת אֵֽשֶׁת אָחִ֖י/ךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה עֶרְוַ֥ת אָחִ֖י/ךָ הִֽוא
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
ה֖וּא
hv'
pronoun · 1878×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
עֶרְוַ֥ת
'rvt
noun · 54×
תְגַלֵּ֑ה
tglh
verb · 185×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2388Incest designates intimate relations between relatives or in-laws within a degree that prohibits marriage between them.180 St. Paul stigmatizes this especially grave offense: "It is actually reported that there is immorality among you . . . for a man is living with his father's wife.... In the name of the Lord Jesus ... you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction o…
Cross-references
- Deut 25:5 — If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wif
- Gen 38:8 — And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.
- Lev 20:21 — And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Lev 20:21 — And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Mark 6:18 — For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife.
- Mark 12:19 — Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
- Matt 14:4 — For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
- Matt 22:24 — Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.