LEV 18:18 Parallel View

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ULT And a woman with her sister you must not take as a rival to uncover her nakedness in addition to her while she is alive.

UST While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and sleep with her.

BSB § You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

OEB No OEB LEV book available

WEB “‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.

NET You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.

LSV And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

FBV Don't marry your wife's sister and have sex with her while your wife is still alive. They will be hostile wives to one other.

T4T “While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.

LEB And you must not take as wife[fn] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before herduring[fn] her life.

?:? The verb לקח is used to speak of marrying (“taking a wife”)

?:? Literally “in”

BBE And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

MOF No MOF LEV book available

JPS And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.

ASV And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

DRA Thou shalt not take thy wife’s sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

YLT 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

DBY And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

RV And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

WBS Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her , to uncover her nakedness besides the other in her life -time .

KJB Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.[fn]
(Neither shalt thou/you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.)

18.18 a wife…: or, one wife to another

BB Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her sister also, to vexe her, that thou wouldest vncouer her nakednesse vpon her in her lyfe tyme.
(Thou shalt not take a wife and her sister also, to vexe her, that thou/you wouldest uncouer her nakednesse upon her in her life time.)

GNV Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her shame vpon her.
(Also thou/you shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in uncouering her shame upon her. )

CB Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister also, to vncouer hir preuytie, whyle she is yet alyue.
(Thou shalt not take a wife and her sister also, to uncouer her preuytie, while she is yet alive.)

WYC Thou schalt not take `the sister of thi wijf, in to concubynage of hir, nethir thou schalt schewe `the filthe of hir, while thi wijf lyueth yit.
(Thou shalt not take `the sister of thy/your wife, in to concubynage of her, neither thou/you shalt show `the filthe of her, while thy/your wife liveth/lives yit.)

LUT Du sollst auch deines Weibes Schwester nicht nehmen neben ihr, ihre Scham zu blößen, ihr zuwider, weil sie noch lebet.
(You should also deines Weibes Schwester not take next_to ihr, ihre Scham to blößen, her zuwider, weil they/she/them still lives.)

CLV Sororem uxoris tuæ in pellicatum illius non accipies, nec revelabis turpitudinem ejus adhuc illa vivente.[fn]
(Sororem uxoris tuæ in pellicatum illius not/no accipies, but_not revelabis turpitudinem his adhuc illa vivente.)

18.18 Sororem uxoris tuæ, etc. AUG., quæst. in Lev. Non prohibet, etc., usque ad ne faceret eam mœchari. In pellicatum illius non accipies nec revelabis, etc. LXX: In zelum illius, quasi hoc esset zelus inter sorores, quasi non sit et inter non sorores. An potius ne hoc animo fiat, ut in zelum sororis soror superducatur? In pace nos vocavit Deus, pacem cum omnibus habeamus Rom. 12., maxime cum proximis. In Judaica quoque conversatione non decet ecclesiasticam suscipere, nec typicum pascha cum vero celebrare, nec circumcisionem cum baptismate. Unde Paulus: Si circumcidimini, Christus vobis nihil proderit Gal. 5.. Mortificata ergo Judaica conversatione Ecclesiæ debet conjungi, quæ est soror legis, eosdem habet doctores, eosdem prophetas. Sed Judaica conversatio æmulatur, quia ad Ecclesiam transierunt divitiæ ejus. Unde Paulus ait: Æmulantur vos non bene, sed excludere vos, etc. Gal. 4.. Uxor namque prior zelat, quia subintrat secunda. Unde Lia ait: Parumne tibi videtur quod præripueris maritum mihi? Gen. 30.

18.18 Sororem uxoris tuæ, etc. AUG., quæst. in Lev. Non prohibet, etc., usque to ne faceret her mœchari. In pellicatum illius not/no accipies but_not revelabis, etc. LXX: In zelum illius, as_if hoc was zelus between sorores, as_if not/no sit and between not/no sorores. An potius ne hoc animo fiat, as in zelum sororis soror superducatur? In pace nos vocavit God, pacem when/with omnibus habeamus Rom. 12., maxime when/with proximis. In Yudaica quoque conversatione not/no decet ecclesiasticam suscipere, but_not typicum pascha when/with vero celebrare, but_not circumcisionem when/with baptismate. Unde Paulus: When/But_if circumcidimini, Christus to_you nihil proderit Gal. 5.. Mortificata ergo Yudaica conversatione Ecclesiæ debet conyungi, which it_is soror legis, themdem habet doctores, themdem prophetas. Sed Yudaica conversatio æmulatur, because to Ecclesiam transierunt divitiæ his. Unde Paulus ait: Æmulantur vos not/no bene, but excludere vos, etc. Gal. 4.. Uxor namque prior zelat, because subintrat secunda. Unde Lia ait: Parumne to_you videtur that præripueris maritum mihi? Gen. 30.

BRN Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

BrLXX Γυναῖκα ἐπʼ ἀδελφῇ αὐτῆς οὐ λήψῃ ἀντίζηλον ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς ἐπʼ αὐτῇ, ἔτι ζώσης αὐτῆς.
(Gunaika epʼ adelfaʸ autaʸs ou laʸpsaʸ antizaʸlon apokalupsai taʸn asⱪaʸmosunaʸn autaʸs epʼ autaʸ, eti zōsaʸs autaʸs. )

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

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