Leviticus 18:6-18

Unlawful Sexual Relations

⁶ "None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord. ⁷ _v You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. ⁸ _w You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness. ⁹ _x You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home. ¹⁰ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness. ¹¹ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, brought up in your father's family, since she is your sister. ¹² You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's relative. ¹³ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's relative. ¹⁴ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. ¹⁵ _y You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹⁶ _z You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness. ¹⁷ You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity. ¹⁸ And you shall not take a woman as a _a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness _b while her sister is still alive.

1. Cross References
   Leviticus 18:7 - 16
   You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
   Leviticus 20:11 - 21
   If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
   
2. Cross References
   Deuteronomy 22:30
   A man shall not take his father's wife, so that he does not uncover his father's nakedness.
   Deuteronomy 27:20
   "'Cursed be anyone who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered his father's nakedness.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
   1 Corinthians 5:1
   It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father's wife.
   Genesis 49:4
   Unstable as water, you shall not have preeminence, because you went up to your father's bed; then you defiled it - he went up to my couch!
   Amos 2:7
   Those who trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same girl, so that my holy name is profaned.
   
3. Cross References
   2 Samuel 13:12
   She answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing.
   Ezekiel 22:11
   One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
   
4. Cross References
   Genesis 38:26
   Then Judah identified them and said, "She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah." And he did not know her again.
   Ezekiel 22:11
   One commits abomination with his neighbor's wife; another lewdly defiles his daughter-in-law; another in you violates his sister, his father's daughter.
   
5. Cross References
   Genesis 38:8
   Then Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her, and raise up offspring for your brother.
   Deuteronomy 25:5
   If brothers dwell together, and one of them dies and has no son, the wife of the dead man shall not be married outside the family to a stranger. Her husband's brother shall go in to her and take her as his wife and perform the duty of a husband's brother to her.
   Matthew 22:24
   Saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies having no children, his brother must marry the widow and raise up children for his brother.
   Mark 12:19
   Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies and leaves a wife, but leaves no child, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
   Luke 20:28
   And they asked him a question, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if a man's brother dies, having a wife but no children, the man must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
   
6. Cross References
   1 Samuel 1:6
   And her rival used to provoke her grievously to irritate her, because the Lord had closed her womb.
   
7. Cross References
   Genesis 31:50
   If you oppress my daughters, or if you take wives besides my daughters, although no one is with us, see, God is witness between you and me.