King James Version
Leviticus 18:6
6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.1
Leviticus 18:6 in other versions
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the Lord.
Context of Leviticus 18:6
4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God. 5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord. None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord. 7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
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אִ֥ישׁ אִישׁ֙ אֶל־כָּל־שְׁאֵ֣ר בְּשָׂר֔וֹ לֹ֥א תִקְרְב֖וּ לְגַלּ֣וֹת עֶרְוָ֑ה אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:6
- Leviticus 18:7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
- Leviticus 20:11And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon 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
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- 1. Leviticus 18:6 near…: Heb. remainder of his flesh ↩
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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