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18 “You are not to marry a woman and then have sexual relations with her sister as a rival when your wife[a] is still alive.

19 “You are not to approach a menstruating woman to have sexual relations with her.[b]

20 “You are not to have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and thereby become ceremonially unclean with her.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:18 Lit. when she
  2. Leviticus 18:19 The Heb. lacks to have sexual relations with her

18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(A) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

19 “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness(B) of her monthly period.(C)

20 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife(D) and defile yourself with her.

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18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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