Holy Scripture

Leviticus 18:6

A church father on this verse
“Conjugal chastity accords with the written law by reason of the divine statute, Leviticus 18. For the Lord established laws according to which legitimacy is observed in the persons who contract marriage. For He says: I am the Lord your God: keep my laws and judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. No man s…”
Bonaventure, 13th c. — Disputed Questions on Evangelical Perfection, Question 3

Source: Septuagint

Original

6No man shall draw nigh to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I am the Lord.

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In context

4Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God.

5So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord your God.

— Leviticus 18:6 —

7Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

8Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife; it is thy father’s nakedness.

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