Leviticus 18:16

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

“You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife. That would be like having sexual relations with your brother.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 25:5

“If two brothers live together, and one of them dies without a son, the wife of the dead man must not marry a stranger outside the family. Her husband’s brother must take her as his wife and have sexual relations with her. He must do the duty of a husband’s brother for her.

Leviticus 20:21

“It is wrong for a man to take his brother’s wife. It would be like having sexual relations with his brother! They will have no children.

Mark 12:19

“Teacher, Moses wrote that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother.

Matthew 22:24

They said, “Teacher, Moses told us that if a married man dies and had no children, his brother must marry the woman. Then they will have children for the dead brother.

Luke 3:19

John criticized Herod the ruler for what he had done with Herodias, the wife of Herod’s brother, as well as for all the other bad things he had done.

Mark 6:17

Herod himself had ordered his soldiers to arrest John and put him in prison. Herod did this to please his wife Herodias. She had been married to Herod’s brother Philip, but then Herod married her.