Leviticus 18:16
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
*Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife: it is thy brothers nakednesse.
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- *Cross-referenceChap. 20.21.
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- Deuteronomy 25:5Rank 1 from verse 16
5¶ If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband’s brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband’s brother unto her.
5¶ *If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and haue no child, the wife of the dead shall not marrie without, vnto a stranger: her ‖husbands brother shall go in vnto her, and take her to him to wife, and performe the duetie of an husbands brother vnto her.
- Leviticus 20:21Rank 2 from verse 16
- Mark 12:19Rank 3 from verse 16
19Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
19Master, Moses wrote vnto vs, If a mans brother die, and leaue his wife behind him, and leaue no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise vp seed vnto his brother.
- Matthew 22:24Rank 4 from verse 16
17For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her.
17For Herod himselfe had sent forth and laid hold vpon Iohn, and bound him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife, for hee had maried her.
- Matthew 14:3–4Rank 7 from verse 16
3¶ For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
4For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
3¶ *For Herode had layd hold on Iohn, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias sake, his brother Philips wife.
4For Iohn said vnto him, *It is not lawfull for thee to haue her.
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Leviticus 18:16
The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Sense 1: A male sibling; a near kinsman. Sense 2: A fellow member of a people or faith.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
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15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
15*Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy daughter in law: shee is thy sonnes wife, thou shalt not vncouer her nakednesse.
16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.
16*Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of thy brothers wife: it is thy brothers nakednesse.
Selected passage17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
17Thou shalt not vncouer the nakednesse of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her sonnes daughter, or her daughters daughter, to vncouer her nakednesse: For they are her neere kinsewomen: it is wickednesse.