Leviticus 18:18

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as another wife and have sex with her. Do not do it while your wife is still living.

Cross References

Genesis 29:28

So Jacob completed the week with Leah. Then Laban gave him his daughter Rachel to be his wife.

Genesis 30:15

But Leah said to her, “Isn’t it enough that you took my husband away? Are you going to take my son’s mandrakes too?” Rachel said, “All right. Jacob can sleep with you tonight if you give me your son’s mandrakes.”

Genesis 4:19

Lamech married two women. One was named Adah, and the other was named Zillah.

Exodus 26:3

Join five of the curtains together. Do the same thing with the other five.

Leviticus 18:17

“ ‘Do not have sex with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sex with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter. They are close relatives on her side. Having sex with them is an evil thing.

Leviticus 18:19

“ ‘Do not have sex with a woman during her monthly period. She is “unclean” at that time.

Malachi 2:15

Hasn’t the one God made the two of you one also? Both of you belong to him in body and spirit. And why has the one God made you one? Because he wants his children to be like him. So be careful. Don’t be unfaithful to the wife you married when you were young.