Levítico 18:13

13 »No tengas relaciones sexuales con tu tía, la hermana de tu madre, pues es una pariente cercana de tu madre.

Levítico 18:13 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:13

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister,
&c.] Which is the same relation as before, an aunt by the mother's side; wherefore, if such a marriage was unlawful, this must also, and for the same reason: for she [is] thy mother's near kinswoman;
the same phraseology is used here as in the preceding verse; (See Gill on Leviticus 18:12); and by the same rule a woman might not marry her uncle, whether by father or mother's side, the relation being the same, and this reaches to great-uncle and great-aunt; instances of women marrying their uncles, and men their aunts, among the Heathens, have been given, as among the Persians and Lacedaemonians by Herodotus ^F12, and among the Romans by Tacitus ^F13, but were, in his time, new things with the latter.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Erato, sive, l. 6. c. 71. Polymnia, sive, l. 7. c. 224, 239.
F13 Annal. l. 12. c. 5, 6, 7.

Levítico 18:13 In-Context

11 »No tengas relaciones sexuales con la hija de una mujer que se case con tu padre, porque ella es tu hermana.

12 »No tengas relaciones sexuales con tu tía, la hermana de tu padre, pues es una pariente cercana de tu padre.

13 »No tengas relaciones sexuales con tu tía, la hermana de tu madre, pues es una pariente cercana de tu madre.

14 »No deshonres a tu tío, el hermano de tu padre, al tener relaciones sexuales con su esposa, pues ella es tu tía.

15 »No tengas relaciones sexuales con tu nuera; es la esposa de tu hijo, de modo que no debes tener relaciones sexuales con ella.