Leviticus 18:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ You must not marry a woman in addition to her sister, to be a rival to her, having sexual relations with the second sister when the first one is alive.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ You must not marry your wife’s sister as a rival and have sexual contact with her while her sister is alive.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ You shall not take your wife's sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.

Leviticus 18:18 Cross References

Malachi 2:15

And did he not make one, although he had the residue of the spirit? And wherefore one? He sought a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

Genesis 30:15

And she said unto her, Is it a small matter that thou hast taken away my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to-night for thy son's mandrakes.

Genesis 29:28

And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife.

Genesis 4:19

And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.

Exodus 26:3

Five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and the other five curtains shall be coupled one to another.

Leviticus 18:17

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

Leviticus 18:19

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.