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Leviticus 18

Lev. 18:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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None of you shall approach
qarab (Hebrew #7126)
to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose
KJV usage: (cause to) approach, (cause to) bring (forth, near), (cause to) come (near, nigh), (cause to) draw near (nigh), go (near), be at hand, join, be near, offer, present, produce, make ready, stand, take.
Pronounce: kaw-rab'
Origin: a primitive root
to any
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
that is near
sh'er (Hebrew #7607)
flesh (as swelling out), as living or for food; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood
KJV usage: body, flesh, food, (near) kin(-sman, -swoman), near (nigh) (of kin).
Pronounce: sheh-ayr'
Origin: from 7604
of kin
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
to him, to uncover
galah (Hebrew #1540)
to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal
KJV usage: + advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, X plainly, publish, remove, reveal, X shamelessly, shew, X surely, tell, uncover.
Pronounce: gaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
their ζnakedness
`ervah (Hebrew #6172)
nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)
KJV usage: nakedness, shame, unclean(-ness).
Pronounce: er-vaw'
Origin: from 6168
: I am the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
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remainder of his flesh.

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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near to kin.
Heb. remainder of his flesh.Not withstanding the prohibitions here, it must be evident, that in the infancy of the world, persons very near of kin, and even brothers and sisters, must have joined in matrimonial alliances; and therefore we cannot pronounce them immoral in themselves.
But, in these first instances, necessity required it; but when this necessity no longer existed, the thing became inexpedient and improper:
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1. As human nature now is, it is very expedient that those who are so much together in youth, should, by such a restriction be taught to look upon all such intercourse as prohibited and incestuous; for unless such restrictions are made, it would be impossible to prevent the prevalence of very early corruption among young persons.
(See Michaelis on the laws of Moses, Art. 108.)
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That the duties owing by nature to relatives might not be confounded with those of a social or political kind; for could a man be a brother and a husband, or a son and a husband at the same time, and fulfil the duties of both?
Impossible.
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That by intermarrying with other families, relationship and its endearments might be diffused.
These prohibitions are, therefore, to be considered so eminently moral obligations as to be observed by all mankind.to uncover.
Lev. 18:7‑19• 7The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
 8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
 9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad--their nakedness shalt thou not uncover.
 10The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter--their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy nakedness.
 11The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father: she is thy sister: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
 12The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.
 13The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation.
 14The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt.
 15The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
 16The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
 17The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness.
 18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.
 19And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness. (Lev. 18:7‑19)
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Lev. 20:11‑12,17‑21• 11And a man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.
 12And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall certainly be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood is upon them.
 17And if a man take his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, that is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off before the eyes of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
 18And if a man shall lie with a woman in her infirmity, and uncover her nakedness, her flux doth he lay bare, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood; and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
 19And the nakedness of thy mother's sister, and of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover; for he hath laid naked his near relation: they shall bear their iniquity.
 20And if a man lie with his aunt, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: their sin shall they bear: they shall die childless.
 21And if a man take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness: they shall be childless. (Lev. 20:11‑12,17‑21)
• Verse 6 is the great principle which is insisted on in the chapter-not to confound the intimacies of marriage with the confidence of natural relationship….The comeliness of nature is maintained; what is defiling forbidden. (“Leviticus 18” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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No one shall approach to any that is his near relationa, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "own flesh of his flesh."