Leviticus 18:10

10 You must not have sexual contact with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, because their nakedness is your own nakedness.

Leviticus 18:10 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:10

The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's
daughter
A man might not marry his granddaughter, whether a descendant of his son or of his daughter, nor any further off descending from him in a right line, not his great-granddaughter, and so on; and if he might not marry his granddaughter, much less his own daughter, as Jarchi observes, for the relation is still nearer; therefore that being prohibited, this in course must, though not mentioned: [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover;
neither debauch nor marry such an one: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness;
which sprung from his, being the descendants either of his son or daughter; the Targum of Jonathan is,

``for they are as thy nakedness,''

his own flesh and blood.

Leviticus 18:10 In-Context

8 You must not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

9 You must not have sexual contact with your sister—regardless of whether she is your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born into the same household as you or outside it.

10 You must not have sexual contact with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, because their nakedness is your own nakedness.

11 You must not have sexual contact with the daughter of your father's wife, who was born into your father's family; she is your sister.

12 You must not have sexual contact with your father's sister; she is your father's blood relative.

Footnotes

• [a]. Heb uncertain