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Leviticus 18:8-10
New English Translation
Leviticus 18:8-10
New English Translation
8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.[a] 9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter,[b] whether she is born in the same household or born outside it;[c] you must not have sexual relations with either of them.[d] 10 You must not expose the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter by having sexual relations with them, because they are your own nakedness.[e]
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- Leviticus 18:8 tn Heb “the nakedness of your father she is.” See the note on v. 7 above. This law refers to another wife of the man’s father, who is not that man’s mother. The laws in the Pentateuch sometimes assume the possibility that a man may have more than one wife (cf., e.g., Deut 21:15-17).
- Leviticus 18:9 tn Heb “the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother.”
- Leviticus 18:9 tn Heb “born of house or born of outside.” CEV interprets as “whether you grew up together or not” (cf. also TEV, NLT).
- Leviticus 18:9 tc Several medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have “her nakedness” rather than “their nakedness,” thus agreeing with singular “sister” at the beginning of the verse.tn For a smooth English translation “either of” was added.
- Leviticus 18:10 sn That is, to have sexual relations with one’s granddaughter would be like openly exposing one’s own shameful nakedness (see the note on v. 7 above).
Leviticus 18:8-10
New International Version
Leviticus 18:8-10
New International Version
8 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;(A) that would dishonor your father.(B)
9 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,(C) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.(D)
10 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.
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