Deuteronomy 27:22

Easy To Read Version

“{The Levites will say,} ‘Cursed is the person that has sexual relations with his sister or half sister!’

Cross References

2 Samuel 13:1

David had a son named Absalom. Absalom’s sister was named Tamar. Tamar was very beautiful. Another one of David’s sons, Amnon, [71]

Ezekiel 22:11

One man does that terrible sin against his own neighbor’s wife. Another man has sex with his own daughter-in-law and makes her unclean. {\cf2\super [171]} And another man rapes his father’s daughter—his very own sister.

Leviticus 18:9

“You must not have sexual relations with [315] your sister. It doesn’t matter if she is the daughter of your father or your mother. And it does not matter if your sister was born in {your} house [316] or at another place.

Leviticus 20:17

“If a brother and his sister or half sister marry each other and have sexual relations with each other, [358] it is a shameful thing! They must be punished in public! They must be separated from their people! The man who has sexual relations with his sister must be punished for his sin! [359]