Leviticus 20:17

Easy To Read Version

“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]

Cross References

Genesis 20:12

She is my wife, but she is also my sister. She is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother.

2 Samuel 13:12

Tamar said to Amnon, “No, brother! Don’t force me to do this! Don’t do this shameful thing! Terrible things like this should never be done in Israel!

Exodus 30:33

If anyone makes a perfume like this holy oil, and if he gives it to a foreigner, then that person must be separated from his people.”

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 20:16

If a woman has sexual relations with an animal, then you must kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. [357]

Numbers 5:31

The husband will not be guilty of doing anything wrong. But the woman will suffer if she has sinned.”

Deuteronomy 27:22

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