OLD TESTAMENT

Leviticus 18:17

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“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.

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Verse 17. Daughter, together, or successively; even if she were the child of another husband.—Incest. Hebrew “a crime.” Aquila, “an abomination.” Septuagint “an impiety.”

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