Bible Strands
Leviticus 18:17
You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Lord addresses Israel through Moses in the wilderness, continuing a list of prohibited sexual unions between verses 16 and 18.
The words — עֶרְוַ֥ת ('er.Vat) means "[the] nakedness of," and תְגַלֵּ֑ה (te.ga.Leh) means "you will uncover."
The thread — The prohibition against sexual relations with a woman and her direct descendants runs in Leviticus 20:14’s condemnation of marrying a woman and her mother, and Deuteronomy 27:23’s curse against sleeping with a mother-in-law.
Why it lands — The text states that marrying a woman and her descendants is depraved because they are close relatives, demanding strict boundaries around kinship and sexual conduct.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 20:14 If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Deuteronomy 27:23 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Amos 2:7 They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.