Leviticus 18:13
in Leviticus 18You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
KJV
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
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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 father’s sister
on Leviticus 18:12-13
Exodus 6:20 says that Amram took Jochebed his father's sister to wife, and Moses is the son of that marriage. The man who carries this law down the mountain is the child of a union it forbids.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister,....
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶרְוַ֥ת | ʾervat | [the] nakedness of | H6172 → | 54 times |
| אֲחֽוֹת־ | ʾachot- | [the] sister of | H269 → | 114 times |
| אִמְּךָ֖ | ʾimekha | mother your | H517 → | 220 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תְגַלֵּ֑ה | tegaleh | you will uncover | H1540 → | 186 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| שְׁאֵ֥ר | sheer | [is] a relative of | H7607 → | 16 times |
| אִמְּךָ֖ | ʾimekha | mother your | H517 → | 220 times |
| הִֽוא׃ ס | hi' | she | H1931 → | 1879 times |
עֶרְוַ֥ת[the] nakedness of
ʾervatH6172 →54 times
אֲחֽוֹת־[the] sister of
ʾachot-H269 →114 times
אִמְּךָ֖mother your
ʾimekhaH517 →220 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תְגַלֵּ֑הyou will uncover
tegalehH1540 →186 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
שְׁאֵ֥ר[is] a relative of
sheerH7607 →16 times
אִמְּךָ֖mother your
ʾimekhaH517 →220 times
הִֽוא׃ סshe
hi'H1931 →1879 times
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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.