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Leviticus 18:12
Leviticus 18:12 is verse 12 of Leviticus chapter 18, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
King James Version
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
World English Bible
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.
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Leviticus 18:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
11 You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
12 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
13 You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
14 You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 20:19You 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 6:20And Amram married his father’s sister Jochebed, and she bore him Aaron and Moses. Amram lived 137 years.