Leviticus 20:17 BSB

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 their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

BSB

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ASV

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

KJV

And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Cut off ... - See Exo 31:14 note. The more full expression here used probably refers to some special form of public excommunication, accompanied, it may be, by expulsion from the camp.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִ֣ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and a man	H376 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	who	H834 →
יִקַּ֣ח	yi.Kach	he will take	H3947 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲחֹת֡וֹ	'a.cho.To	sister his	H269 →
בַּת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אָבִ֣יו	'a.Viv	father his	H1 →
א֣וֹ	'o	or	H176 →
בַת־	vat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
אִ֠מּוֹ	'i.mo	mother his	H517 →
וְרָאָ֨ה	ve.ra.'Ah	and he will see	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֶרְוָתָ֜הּ	'er.va.Tah	nakedness her	H6172 →
וְהִֽיא־	ve.hi'-	and she	H1931 →
תִרְאֶ֤ה	tir.'Eh	she will see	H7200 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֶרְוָתוֹ֙	er.va.To	nakedness his	H6172 →
חֶ֣סֶד	Che.sed	[is] a shame	H2617 →
ה֔וּא	Hu'	it	H1931 →
וְנִ֨כְרְת֔וּ	ve.Nikh.re.Tu	and they will be cut off	H3772 →
לְעֵינֵ֖י	le.'ei.Nei	to [the] eyes of	H5869 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] sons of	H1121 →
עַמָּ֑ם	'a.Mam	people their	H5971 →
עֶרְוַ֧ת	'er.Vat	[the] nakedness of	H6172 →
אֲחֹת֛וֹ	'a.cho.To	sister his	H269 →
גִּלָּ֖ה	gi.Lah	he has uncovered	H1540 →
עֲוֹנ֥וֹ	a.vo.No	iniquity his	H5771 →
יִשָּֽׂא׃	yi.Sa'	he will bear	H5375 →

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Through
Deuteronomy 27:22
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
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.
leads to
- 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.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
2 Samuel 13:12
“No, my brother!” she cried. “Do not humiliate me, for such a thing should never be done in Israel. Do not do this disgraceful thing!
leads to
- Leviticus 18:11
  You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Judges 20:6
  Then I took my concubine, cut her into pieces, and sent her throughout the land of Israel’s inheritance, because they had committed a lewd and disgraceful act in Israel.
- Judges 19:23
  The owner of the house went out and said to them, “No, my brothers, do not do this wicked thing! After all, this man is a guest in my house. Do not commit this…
- Genesis 34:7
  When Jacob’s sons heard what had happened, they returned from the field. They were filled with grief and fury, because Shechem had committed an outrage in Israel by lying with Jacob’s daughter—a thing that…
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
- 2 Samuel 13:14
  But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
- Leviticus 18:15
  You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

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