Negative Commandment #142 of 613
Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife's daughter
Commandment #142 — a prohibition from Leviticus 18:11, classified under Forbidden Sexual Relationships in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“'The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.”
— Leviticus 18:11
Hebrew
יא עֶרְוַת בַּת-אֵשֶׁת אָבִיךָ מוֹלֶדֶת אָבִיךָ, אֲחוֹתְךָ הִוא--לֹא תְגַלֶּה, עֶרְוָתָהּ. {ס}
Greek (Septuagint)
11 ἀσχημοσύνην θυγατρὸς γυναικὸς πατρός σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις· ὁμοπατρία ἀδελφή σού ἐστιν, οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Forbidden Sexual Relationships
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 18
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Acharei Mot
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #196
- Mishneh Torah
- HolinessForbidden Sexual Relations
Related Commandments in “Forbidden Sexual Relationships”
#139: Do not have sexual relations with your mother
Leviticus 18:7
#140: Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife
Leviticus 18:8
#141: Do not have sexual relations with your sister
Leviticus 18:9
#143: Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter
Leviticus 18:10
#144: Do not have sexual relations with your daughter
Leviticus 18:6
#145: Do not have sexual relations with your daughter's daughter
Leviticus 18:10
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