Leviticus 20:17

Bible in Basic English 1965

And if a man takes his sister, daughter of his father or his mother, and has sex relations with her and she with him, it is an act of shame: they are to be cut off before the children of their people; he has had sex relations with his sister, and his sin will be on him.

Cross References

Genesis 20:12

And, in fact, she is my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife:

2 Samuel 13:12

And answering him, she said, O my brother, do not put shame on me; it is not right for such a thing to be done in Israel: do not this evil thing.

Exodus 30:33

Whoever makes any like it, or puts it on one who is not a priest, will be cut off from his people.

Ezekiel 22:11

And in you one man has done what was disgusting with his neighbour's wife; and another has made his daughter-in-law unclean; and another has done wrong to his sister, his father's daughter.

Leviticus 18:9

You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

Leviticus 20:16

And if a woman goes near a beast and has sex relations with it, you will put an end to the woman and the beast: their blood will be on them.

Numbers 5:31

Then the man will be free from all wrong, and the woman's sin will be on her.

Deuteronomy 27:22

Cursed is he who has sex relations with his sister, the daughter of his father or of his mother. And let all the people say, So be it.