Family boundaries and removal

Consequences of Profaning Holiness · Leviticus 20

Story guide: A multigenerational assembly remains in rightful household groups while elders calmly escort two fully clothed adult offenders beyond the gathering. Affected relatives stay protected together and the removal remains orderly and nonviolent.

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17If a man takes his sister, his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his guilt.

18If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness—he has laid bare her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood—both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for he has laid bare his own flesh; they shall bear their iniquity.

20If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

21And if a man takes his brother’s wife, it is uncleanness; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.

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