Leviticus 18:18

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

Cross References

Genesis 29:28

He agreed to his pleading. And after the week had passed, he took Rachel as a wife.

Genesis 30:15

She responded, "Does it seem like such a small matter to you, that you have usurped from me my husband, unless you will also take my son's mandrakes?" Rachel said, "He will sleep with you this night because of your son's mandrakes."

Genesis 4:19

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

Exodus 26:3

Five curtains shall be joined to one another, and the other five shall be similarly coupled together.

Leviticus 18:17

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest.

Leviticus 18:19

You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness.

Malachi 2:15

Did not One make her, and is she not the remainder of his spirit? And what does one seek, except offspring of God? So then, preserve your spirit, and do not despise the wife of your youth.