Leviticus 18:16

New American Bible - revised edition

You shall not have intercourse with your brother’s wife; that would be a disgrace to your brother.

Cross References

Leviticus 20:21

If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is severe defilement and he has disgraced his brother; they shall be childless.

Matthew 22:24

saying, “Teacher, Moses said, ‘If a man dies without children, his brother shall marry his wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’

Mark 12:19

saying, “Teacher, Moses wrote for us, ‘If someone’s brother dies, leaving a wife but no child, his brother must take the wife and raise up descendants for his brother.’

Mark 6:17

Herod was the one who had John arrested and bound in prison on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip, whom he had married.

Luke 3:19

Now Herod the tetrarch, who had been censured by him because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and because of all the evil deeds Herod had committed,

Deuteronomy 25:5

When brothers live together and one of them dies without a son, the widow of the deceased shall not marry anyone outside the family; but her husband’s brother shall come to her, marrying her and performing the duty of a brother-in-law.