Levítico 18:13

13 La desnudez de la hermana de tu madre no descubrirás; porque parienta de tu madre es

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 La desnudez de la hija de la mujer de tu padre, engendrada de tu padre, tu hermana es, su desnudez no descubrirás

12 La desnudez de la hermana de tu padre no descubrirás; es parienta de tu padre

13 La desnudez de la hermana de tu madre no descubrirás; porque parienta de tu madre es

14 La desnudez del hermano de tu padre no descubrirás; no te acercarás a su mujer; es mujer del hermano de tu padre

15 La desnudez de tu nuera no descubrirás; mujer es de tu hijo, no descubrirás su desnudez