LEV 18:13 Parallel View

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ULT The nakedness of your mother’s sister you must not uncover, because she is your mother’s relative.

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

BSB § You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

OEB No OEB LEV book available

WEB “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.

NET You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh.

LSV You do not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she [is] your mother’s relation.

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

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

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

?:? Literally “the flesh of your mother”

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

MOF No MOF LEV book available

JPS Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister; for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

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

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

YLT 'The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she [is] thy mother's relation.

DBY The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation.

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

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

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

BB Thou shalt not discouer the nakednesse of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinswoman.
(Thou shalt not discouer the nakednesse of thy/your mothers sister: for she is thy/your mothers kinswoman.)

GNV Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy mothers sister: for she is thy mothers kinsewoman.
(Thou shalt not discouer the shame of thy/your mothers sister: for she is thy/your mothers kinsewoman. )

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

WYC Thou schalt not schewe the filthe of the sistir of thi modir, for sche is the fleisch of thi modir.
(Thou shalt not show the filthe of the sister of thy/your modir, for she is the flesh of thy/your modir.)

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

CLV Turpitudinem sororis matris tuæ non revelabis, eo quod caro sit matris tuæ.
(Turpitudinem sororis matris tuæ not/no revelabis, eo that caro sit matris tuæ. )

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

BrLXX Ἀσχημοσύνην ἀδελφῆς μητρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις, οἰκεία γὰρ μητρός σου ἐστίν.
(Asⱪaʸmosunaʸn adelfaʸs maʸtros sou ouk apokalupseis, oikeia gar maʸtros 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 18:13