Leviticus 18:6

Leviticus 18:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord.

Context of Leviticus 18:6

4You are to follow My judgments (precepts, ordinances) and keep My statutes and live by them. I am the Lord your God. 5So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which, if a person keeps them, he shall live; I am the Lord. ‘No one shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness (have intimate relations). I am the Lord. 7You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness. 8You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

Leviticus 18:6 word by word

אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ אֶל־כָּל־שְׁאֵ֣ר בְּשָׂר֔וֹ לֹ֥א תִקְרְב֖וּ לְגַלּ֣וֹת עֶרְוָ֑ה אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• None of you shall approachקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• to anyאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• that is nearשְׁאֵרshe'êr · fleshH7607
• of kinבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• to him, to uncoverגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• nakednessעֶרְוָה‛ervâh · nakednessH6172
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:6

• Leviticus 18:7You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
• Leviticus 20:11The man who lies [intimately] with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Any that is near of kin - בשרו שאר כל col shear besaro, any remnant of his flesh, i.e., to any particularly allied to his own family, the prohibited degrees in which are specified from the 7th to the 17th verse ( Leviticus 18:7-17;) inclusive. Notwithstanding the prohibitions here, it must be evident that in the infancy of the world, persons very near of kin must have been joined in matrimonial alliances; and that even brothers must have matched with…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Near of kin - See the margin. The term was evidently used to denote those only who came within certain limits of consanguinity, together with those who by affinity were regarded in the same relationship. To uncover their nakedness - i. e. to have sexual intercourse. The immediate object of this law was to forbid incest.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7to have sexual relations (literally to uncover the nakedness of): Similar rules in chapter 20 of Leviticus use the Hebrew word shakab (which means “lie with”). This often indicates an improper sexual relationship.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him--Very great laxity prevailed amongst the Egyptians in their sentiments and practice about the conjugal relation, as they not only openly sanctioned marriages between brothers and sisters, but even between parents and children. Such incestuous alliances Moses wisely prohibited, and his laws form the basis upon which the marriage regulations of this and other Christian nations are chiefly…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 18:6

• Abomination
• Copulation
• Incest
• Marriage

In the dictionaries

• Affinity
• Approach
• Live
• Mankind
• Near
• Atonement, Day of
• Bastard
• Clean
• Cornelius
• Criticism

Commentaries on Leviticus 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings