Leviticus 18:6 KJV
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Thou and Ye
- you more than one
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
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Cross References
- Leviticus 18:7–19 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. …
- Leviticus 20:11–12 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. …
- Leviticus 20:17–21 And if a man shall take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. …
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Topics
- Abomination Incest
- Copulation Forbidden between persons near of kin
- Incest Defined and forbidden
- Marriage Unclassified scriptures relating to Marriage
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- None of you shall approach אִישׁ ʾîš Noun · masculine singular לֹא lōʾ Negative תִקְרְבוּ tiqrĕbû קָרַב Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural
- to any אִישׁ ʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct
- that is near אֶל ʾel Preposition שְׁאֵר šĕʾēr שְׁאֵר Noun · masculine singular construct
- of kin בְּשָׂרוֹ bĕśārô בָּשָׂר Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
- to him, to uncover לְגַלּוֹת lĕgallôt גָּלָה Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition
- nakedness עֶרְוָה ʿerwâ עֶרְוָה Noun · feminine singular
- I am the LORD אֲנִי ʾănî Pronoun · first person common singular יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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