Leviticus 18:7
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.
KJV
Turpitudinem patris tui et turpitudinem matris tuæ non discooperies : mater tua est : non revelabis turpitudinem ejus.
Vulgate
ἀσχημοσύνην πατρός σου καὶ ἀσχημοσύνην μητρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις· μήτηρ γάρ σού ἐστιν καὶ οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς.
LXX
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.
ASV
עֶרְוַ֥ת אָבִ֛י/ךָ וְ/עֶרְוַ֥ת אִמְּ/ךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אִמְּ/ךָ֣ הִ֔וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽ/הּ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
6 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 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
- Ezek 22:10 — In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
- Ezek 22:10 — In thee have they discovered their fathers’ nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution.
- Lev 18:6 — None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
- Lev 20:11 — And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.