Leviticus 18:6
What does Leviticus 18:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Leviticus 18:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.
KJV
King James Version · 1611None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 20:11
And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Leviticus 20:17
And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
- Leviticus 18:7
The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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