Boundaries across the extended family

Boundaries for Holy Families · Leviticus 18

Story guide: An elder teaches the gathered household about boundaries across the extended family. The accompanying verses specify the prohibited relationships and forbid taking a woman's sister as a rival wife during her lifetime.

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12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's flesh.

13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's close relative.

14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.

15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

17You 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 close relatives. It is depravity.

18And you shall not take a woman in addition to her sister as a rival wife, to uncover her nakedness while her sister is still alive.

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