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Leviticus 20:19-21

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20:19 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister and your father’s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. 1  They must bear their punishment for iniquity. 2  20:20 If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless. 20:21 If a man has sexual intercourse with 3  his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; 4  they will be childless.

1 tn Heb “his flesh.”

2 tn See the note on Lev 17:16 above.

3 tn Heb “takes.” The verb “to take” in this context means “to engage in sexual intercourse.”

4 sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.



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