Leviticus 18:12
12 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative.
Other Translations of Leviticus 18:12
King James Version
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
English Standard Version
12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's relative.
The Message
12 "Don't have sex with your father's sister; she is your aunt, closely related to your father.
New King James Version
12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is near of kin to your father.
New Living Translation
12 "Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister, for she is your father's close relative.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Leviticus 18:12
Chapter Contents
Unlawful marriages and fleshly lusts.
Here is a law against all conformity to the corrupt usages of the heathen. Also laws against incest, against brutal lusts, and barbarous idolatries; and the enforcement of these laws from the ruin of the Canaanites. God here gives moral precepts. Close and constant adherence to God's ordinances is the most effectual preservative from gross sin. The grace of God only will secure us; that grace is to be expected only in the use of the means of grace. Nor does He ever leave any to their hearts' lusts, till they have left him and his services.