Leviticus 20:21
“And if a man shall take his brothers wife, it is an vncleane thing: hee hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse, they shall be childlesse.”
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Leviticus 20:21 Context
19And thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy mothers sister, nor of thy fathers sister: for hee vncouereth his neere kinne: they shall beare their iniquitie. 20And if a man shall lie with his vncles wife, he hath vncouered his vncles nakednesse: they shall beare their sinne, they shall die childlesse. 21And if a man shall take his brothers wife, it is an vncleane thing: hee hath vncouered his brothers nakednesse, they shall be childlesse. 22¶ Ye shall therefore keepe all my Statutes, and all my Iudgements, and doe them: that the lande whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23And ye shall not walke in the maners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, & therefore I abhorred them.
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Other Translations for Leviticus 20:21
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- King James Version
'If {there is} a man who takes his brother's wife, it is abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness. They will be childless.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean act; he has put shame on his brother; they will have no children.
- Basic English Bible
And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless.
- Darby Bible
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Webster's Bible
'If a man takes his brother's wife, it is an impurity: he has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- World English Bible
`And a man who taketh his brother's wife -- it [is] impurity; the nakedness of his brother he hath uncovered; childless they are.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 20:21
20:21 His brother's wife - Except in the case allowed by God, #Deu 25:5|.