Bible verse
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
Leviticus 18:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from Leviticus 18.
4 You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
5 Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
6 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
9 You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
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.
KJV
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father’s nakedness.
ASV
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
ERV
The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.
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