Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
WEB
You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
YLT
`The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation.
DBT
The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)