He has no offspring or descendant among his people, no survivor where he once dwelt.
Leviticus 20:20 - Tree of Life Version If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They should bear their sin, and die childless. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man shall lie carnally with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless [not literally, but in a legal sense]. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. Common English Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. The man and the aunt will be liable to punishment; they will die childless. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man has had sexual intercourse with the wife of his paternal or maternal uncle, and he has uncovered the shame of his close relative, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children. |
He has no offspring or descendant among his people, no survivor where he once dwelt.
Let his posterity be cut off, and his name be blotted out in the next generation.
Thus says Adonai: “Write this man childless, a man who will not prosper in his days. For no man of his seed will prosper, sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah.”
You are not to uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother by approaching his wife, for she is your aunt.
If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness, and they will be childless.
“Adonai has done this for me! In these days He looked upon me, to take away my disgrace among the people.”
But they were childless, because Elizabeth was barren and both of them were elderly.
For indeed, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are barren, and the wombs that never gave birth, and the breasts that did not feed.’