Leviticus 18:6

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘Do not have sex with any of your close relatives. I am the Lord.

Cross References

Genesis 19:33

That night they got their father to drink wine. Then the older daughter went in and slept with him. He wasn’t aware when she lay down or when she got up.

Ezekiel 22:10

You bring shame on your fathers by having sex with their wives. You have sex with women during their monthly period. That is when they are ‘unclean.’

Ezekiel 22:11

One of you has sex with another man’s wife. I hate that sin. Another brings shame on his daughter-in-law by having sex with her. Still another has sex with his sister, even though she is his own father’s daughter.

Leviticus 18:5

Keep my rules and laws. The one who obeys them will benefit from living by them. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 21:2

But he can go near the body of a close relative. It could be his mother, father, son, daughter or brother.

Acts 15:20

Here is what we should write to them. They must not eat food that has been made impure by being offered to statues of gods. They must not commit sexual sins. They must not eat the meat of animals that have been choked to death. And they must not drink blood.