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 (KJV)
🌐 Leviticus 20:21 in 8 Translations
King James Version (KJV)English
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.
American Standard Version (ASV)English
And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
Open English Bible (OEB)English
Elberfelder Bibel (ELB)Deutsch
Und wenn ein Mann das Weib seines Bruders nimmt: das ist eine Unreinigkeit; Er hat die Blöße seines Bruders aufgedeckt, sie sollen kinderlos sein.
Reina-Valera (RV)Español
Y el que tomare la mujer de su hermano, es suciedad; la desnudez de su hermano descubrió; sin hijos serán.
Bíblia Livre (BL)Português
E o que tomar a mulher de seu irmão, é imundícia; a nudez de seu irmão descobriu; sem filhos serão.
Nova Versão (NVA)Português
Se um homem se casar com a esposa do irmão, isso é impureza, pois ele tem violado as relações do casamento de seu irmão e eles não terão filhos.
📖 Leviticus 20:21 in Context
19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.
20And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21And 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.
22Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out.
23And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
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