Leviticus 18:15 BSB

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10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
עֶרְוַ֥ת	'er.Vat	[the] nakedness of	H6172 →
כַּלָּֽתְךָ֖	ka.la.te.Kha	daughter-in-law your	H3618 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תְגַלֵּ֑ה	te.ga.Leh	you will uncover	H1540 →
אֵ֤שֶׁת	'E.shet	[is] [the] wife of	H802 →
בִּנְךָ֙	bin.Kha	son your	H1121 →
הִ֔וא	hi'	she	H1931 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
תְגַלֶּ֖ה	te.ga.Leh	you will uncover	H1540 →
עֶרְוָתָֽהּ׃ ס	'er.va.Tah	nakedness her	H6172 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Genesis 38:26
Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.
leads to
- 1 Samuel 24:17
  and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
Through
Ezekiel 22:11
One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
leads to
- Leviticus 20:17
  If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of…
- 2 Samuel 13:14
  But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
- Leviticus 18:9
  You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
- Leviticus 20:12
  If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.
- Leviticus 20:10
  If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
Through
Leviticus 20:12
If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.
leads to
- Leviticus 18:23
  You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
- Genesis 38:18
  “What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Leviticus 20:12If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.Ezekiel 22:11One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.Genesis 38:26Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.Genesis 38:18–19“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.Amos 2:7They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

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