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Leviticus 18:16
“You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 18
14
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
15
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
16
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 her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18
You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
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