Levítico 18:13

13 »No tendrás relaciones sexuales con la hermana de tu madre, porque sería como tenerlas con 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 tendrás relaciones sexuales con la hija que tu padre haya tenido con su mujer. No la deshonres, porque es tu hermana.

12 »No tendrás relaciones sexuales con la hermana de tu padre, porque sería como tenerlas con tu padre.

13 »No tendrás relaciones sexuales con la hermana de tu madre, porque sería como tenerlas con tu madre.

14 »No deshonrarás al hermano de tu padre, teniendo relaciones sexuales con su mujer, porque es tu tía.

15 »No tendrás relaciones sexuales con tu nuera. No las tendrás, porque sería como tenerlas con tu hijo.