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Leviticus 20:21
“If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 20
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, nor of your father's sister; for he has made naked his close relative: they shall bear their iniquity.
If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.
You shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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