God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 18:6
6“Never have sexual intercourse with anyone related to you by blood. I am the Lord.
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
4Follow my rules, and live by my standards. I am the Lord your God. 5Live by my standards, and obey my rules. You will have life through them. I am the Lord. “Never have sexual intercourse with anyone related to you by blood. I am the Lord. 7“Never have sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your own mother. Never have sexual intercourse with her. 8Never have sexual intercourse with your stepmother. She is related to you through your father.
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 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.
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:6
- Leviticus 18:7“Never have sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your own mother. Never have sexual intercourse with her.
- Leviticus 20:11Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife has violated his father’s marriage. Both he and his father’s wife must be put to death. They deserve to die.
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
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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
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