Leviticus 18:14

Leviticus 18:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

Context of Leviticus 18:14

12You 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. You 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. 15You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her. 16You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s family.

Leviticus 18:14 word by word

עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲחִֽי־אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אֶל־אִשְׁתּוֹ֙ לֹ֣א תִקְרָ֔ב דֹּדָֽתְךָ֖ 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
• brotherאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• thou shalt not approachקָרַבqârab · to present: comeH7126
• to his wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• thine auntדֹּדָהdôdâh · auntH1733

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:14

• Leviticus 20:20If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle; they will bear their guilt and die childless.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:14

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14Having sexual relations with your aunt would dishonor your uncle. This would also bring dishonor to your father (see Leviticus 20:20).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 18:14

• Abomination
• Copulation
• Incest
• Marriage

In the dictionaries

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

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