Leviticus 18:12

Leviticus 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's relative.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near of kin to your father.

Context of Leviticus 18:12

10You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for they are your family. 11You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by your father; she is your sister. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative. 13You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative. 14You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

Leviticus 18:12 word by word

עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲחוֹת־אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה שְׁאֵ֥ר אָבִ֖יךָ הִֽוא׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not uncoverגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• the nakednessעֶרְוָה‛ervâh · nakednessH6172
• of thy father’sאָב'âb · fatherH1
• sisterאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• near kinswomanשְׁאֵרshe'êr · fleshH7607

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:12

• Leviticus 20:19You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity.
• Exodus 6:20Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Thy father‘s sister - The instance of Amram and Jochebed Exodus 6:20 seems to show that marriage with an aunt was not considered wrong by the Israelites when they were in Egypt.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13your father's sister … mother's sister: These actions would dishonor your father or mother.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-302-4. I am the Lord your God--This renewed mention of the divine sovereignty over the Israelites was intended to bear particularly on some laws that were widely different from the social customs that obtained both in Egypt and Canaan; for the enormities, which the laws enumerated in this chapter were intended to put down, were freely practised or publicly sanctioned in both of those countries; and, indeed, the extermination of the ancient Canaanites is…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 18:12

• Abomination
• Copulation
• Incest
• Marriage

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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