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Do not have sexual relations with your wife's sister

Commandment 154ProhibitionParashat Acharei MotForbidden Sexual Relations

Scripture

'You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

Hebrew

יח וְאִשָּׁה אֶל-אֲחֹתָהּ, לֹא תִקָּח: לִצְרֹר, לְגַלּוֹת עֶרְוָתָהּ עָלֶיהָ--בְּחַיֶּיהָ.

Greek

18 γυναῖκα ἐπὶ ἀδελφῇ αὐτῆς οὐ λήμψῃ ἀντίζηλον ἀποκαλύψαι τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς ἐπ᾿ αὐτῇ ἔτι ζώσης αὐτῆς.

Classification

  • Parashah: Acharei Mot
  • Sefer HaChinuch: 206
  • Mishneh Torah: Holiness — Forbidden Sexual Relations

Stated in

Enumeration and classification from BibleData. The Greek is the Septuagint reading of the same verse, carried by the source for comparison.