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Leviticus 18:10

Listen to Leviticus 18:10
10 Do not have intercourse with your granddaughter; that would be a disgrace to you.

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.
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Leviticus 18:10 In-Context

8 Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with any of his other wives.
9 Do not have intercourse with your sister or your stepsister, whether or not she was brought up in the same house with you.
10 Do not have intercourse with your granddaughter; that would be a disgrace to you.
11 Do not have intercourse with a half sister; she, too, is your sister.
12 Do not have intercourse with an aunt, whether she is your father's sister or your mother's sister.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.

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