Leviticus 18:12

You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Israel through Moses, delivering covenant laws during the wilderness period. The words — The text employs תְגַלֵּ֑ה (te.ga.Leh), meaning you will uncover, alongside שְׁאֵ֥ר (she.'Er), meaning a close relative, to define the prohibited relationship. The thread — The same prohibition appears in Leviticus 20:19, and Exodus 6:20 notes that Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed. Why it lands — It commands readers to enforce strict kinship boundaries by forbidding sexual relations with a father’s sister.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.

The Hebrew words

עֶרְוַ֥ת'er.Vat[the] nakedness of אֲחוֹת־'a.chot-[the] sister of אָבִ֖יךָ'a.Vi./khafather/ your לֹ֣אlo'not תְגַלֵּ֑הte.ga.Lehyou will uncover שְׁאֵ֥רshe.'Er[is] a relative of אָבִ֖יךָ'a.Vi./khafather/ your הִֽוא׃ סhi'she

King James Version

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

Cross-references

Leviticus 20:19 You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.
Exodus 6:20 And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.