LEV 18:12 Parallel View

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ULT The nakedness of your father’s sister you must not uncover. She is your father’s relative.

UST Do not sleep with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.

BSB § You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

OEB No OEB LEV book available

WEB “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.

NET You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.

LSV You do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.

FBV Don't have sex with your father's sister. She is a close relative of your father.

T4T “Do not have sex with your father’s sister, because she is your father’s close relative.

LEB You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.[fn]

?:? Literally “the flesh of your father”

BBE You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

MOF No MOF LEV book available

JPS Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

ASV Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

DRA Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.

YLT 'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she [is] a relation of thy father.

DBY The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.

RV Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

WBS Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

KJB Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
(Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy/your father’s sister: she is thy/your father’s near kinswoman. )

BB Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman.
(Thou shalt not uncouer the nakednesse of thy/your fathers sister: for she is thy/your fathers kinswoman.)

GNV Thou shalt not vncouer the shame of thy fathers sister: for she is thy fathers kinswoman.
(Thou shalt not uncouer the shame of thy/your fathers sister: for she is thy/your fathers kinswoman. )

CB Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister, for it is thy fathers nexte kynswoman.
(Thou shalt not uncouer the preuytie of thy/your fathers sister, for it is thy/your fathers next kynswoman.)

WYC Thou schalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thi fadir, for sche is the fleisch of thi fadir.
(Thou shalt not opene the filthe of the `sister of thy/your father, for she is the flesh of thy/your father.)

LUT Du sollst deines Vaters Schwester Scham nicht blößen; denn es ist deines Vaters nächste Blutsfreundin.
(You should deines Vaters Schwester Scham not blößen; because it is deines Vaters nächste bloodsfreundin.)

CLV Turpitudinem sororis patris tui non discooperies: quia caro est patris tui.
(Turpitudinem sororis patris yours not/no discooperies: because caro it_is patris tui. )

BRN Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father.

BrLXX Ἀσχημοσύνην ἀδελφῆς πατρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις, οἰκεία γὰρ πατρός σου ἐστιν.
(Asⱪaʸmosunaʸn adelfaʸs patros sou ouk apokalupseis, oikeia gar patros sou estin. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Family, Community, and Sexual Sin

In Israel, the family was the basic building block for the solidarity of the entire people. Each of the twelve tribes was a conglomeration of families and clans. The twelve tribes together comprised the people of Israel as a whole. Although the level of solidarity might decrease at a distance from one’s immediate family, this familial notion permeated all of Israelite society. A kinsman was often called a brother, not just a relative, to express the close intimacy. By extension of the family model, the term often translated “brother” could also be used of a fellow Israelite (see Deut 1:16, “fellow Israelites”; Deut 3:18, “Israelite relatives”).

Since Israel was seen as an extended family, its existence depended on the integrity of the home. Crimes such as incest and adultery were punished very severely because they weakened the foundation of the family. Incest introduced competition, threatening the safety of the home by violating the trust, intimacy, and sense of belonging shared by its members. Adultery fragmented the home by allowing intimacy with someone outside it to divide the loyalties of its participants. These powerful enemies of family solidarity weakened the clan and tribe (see Lev 18:6-23) and, by extension, the solidarity of the nation itself.

Sexual sins—even those that are consensual—are not “victimless crimes” but sins that eventually threaten the community itself. The importance given in Old Testament law to such crimes is echoed in New Testament warnings against sexual immorality (see especially 1 Cor 5:1-2; 6:13-20; 7:2; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:3; Jude 1:7; Rev 2:14-16, 20).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 19:30-38; 49:3-4; Lev 18:6-30; 20:14, 21; 2 Sam 13:1-39; Matt 14:3-5; 1 Cor 5:1-2; 6:13-20; 7:2; Gal 5:19-21; Eph 5:3; Jude 1:7; Rev 2:14-16, 20

Parallel LEV 18:12