Quotes about Family

If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

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

If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.