New Living Translation
Leviticus 18:12
12“Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister, for she is your father’s close relative.
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
10“Do not have sexual relations with your granddaughter, whether she is your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for this would violate yourself. 11“Do not have sexual relations with your stepsister, the daughter of any of your father’s wives, for she is your sister. “Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister, for she is your father’s close relative. 13“Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative. 14“Do not violate your uncle, your father’s brother, by having sexual relations with his wife, for she is your aunt.
Read all of Leviticus 18Leviticus 18:12 word by word
עֶרְוַ֥ת אֲחוֹת־אָבִ֖יךָ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה שְׁאֵ֥ר אָבִ֖יךָ הִֽוא׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 18:12
- Leviticus 20:19“Do not have sexual relations with your aunt, whether your mother’s sister or your father’s sister. This would dishonor a close relative. Both parties are guilty and will be punished for their sin.
- Exodus 6:20Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she gave birth to his sons, Aaron and Moses. (Amram lived to be 137 years old.)
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
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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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