Leviticus 18:10
in Leviticus 18You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
KJV
The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
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This verse in Leviticus 18
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You must not have sexual relations with your sister
on Leviticus 18:9-11
Verse 9 reaches a half sister born at home or elsewhere. That takes in Sarah at Genesis 20:12, daughter of Abraham's father though not of his mother. The law came at Sinai, centuries after the patriarchs.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter,....
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶרְוַ֤ת | ʾervat | [the] nakedness of | H6172 → | 54 times |
| בַּת־ | bat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| בִּנְךָ֙ | binkha | son your | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בַֽת־ | vat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| בִּתְּךָ֔ | bitekha | daughter your | H1323 → | 588 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תְגַלֶּ֖ה | tegaleh | you will uncover | H1540 → | 186 times |
| עֶרְוָתָ֑ן | ʾervatan | nakedness their | H6172 → | 54 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| עֶרְוָתְךָ֖ | ʾervatekha | [are] own nakedness your | H6172 → | 54 times |
| הֵֽנָּה׃ ס | henah | they | H2007 → |
עֶרְוַ֤ת[the] nakedness of
ʾervatH6172 →54 times
בַּת־[the] daughter of
bat-H1323 →588 times
בִּנְךָ֙son your
binkhaH1121 →4930 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בַֽת־[the] daughter of
vat-H1323 →588 times
בִּתְּךָ֔daughter your
bitekhaH1323 →588 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תְגַלֶּ֖הyou will uncover
tegalehH1540 →186 times
עֶרְוָתָ֑ןnakedness their
ʾervatanH6172 →54 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
עֶרְוָתְךָ֖[are] own nakedness your
ʾervatekhaH6172 →54 times
הֵֽנָּה׃ סthey
henahH2007 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.