Leviticus 18:17

Leviticus 18:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near of kin to her. It is wickedness.

Context of Leviticus 18:17

15You must not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have intercourse with her. 16You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness. You must not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have intercourse with them. They are closely related to her – it is lewdness. 18You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her. 19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

Leviticus 18:17 word by word

עֶרְוַ֥ת אִשָּׁ֛ה וּבִתָּ֖הּ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אֶֽת־בַּת־בְּנָ֞הּ וְאֶת־בַּת־בִּתָּ֗הּ לֹ֤א תִקַּח֙ לְגַלּ֣וֹת עֶרְוָתָ֔הּ שַׁאֲרָ֥ה הֵ֖נָּה זִמָּ֥ה הִֽואRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not uncoverגָּלָהgâlâh · to reveal: uncoverH1540
• the nakednessעֶרְוָה‛ervâh · nakednessH6172
• of a womanאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · womanH802
• and her daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• neither shalt thou takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• her son’sבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• her near kinswomenשַׁאֲרָהsha'ărâh · kinswomenH7608
• wickednessזִמָּהzimmâh zammâh · wickednessH2154

Cross-references for Leviticus 18:17

• Leviticus 20:14If a man has sexual intercourse with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
• Deuteronomy 27:23‘Cursed is the one who has sexual relations with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
• Amos 2:7They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.

Commentaries on Leviticus 18:17

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17Chapter 18 of Leviticus prohibited marrying a woman along with her daughter or granddaughter. This was to prevent family disruption. It would violate the intimacy of the family group by making a wife compete with a younger woman for her husband's love. The penalty for this act was death by burning (20:14).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 18:17

• Abomination
• Incest
• Marriage
• Mother-In-Law

In the dictionaries

• Affinity
• Approach
• Live
• Mankind
• Near
• Atonement, Day of
• Bastard
• Clean
• Cornelius
• Crime; Crimes

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