Leviticus 18:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Leviticus 18:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Leviticus 18:18 is a verse from the book of Leviticus in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Leviticus 18:18 — KJV
“Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. a wife...: or, one wife to another”
— Leviticus 18:18 (KJV)
Leviticus 18:18 in Context — About the Book of Leviticus
Leviticus is God's holiness handbook for a people learning to live near His presence. Through sacrifices, feasts, and purity laws, it teaches that sin is costly, atonement is necessary, and God desires a set-apart people. It points forward to the perfect sacrifice of Christ.
Cross-References for Leviticus 18:18
“Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that is in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 18:18: shalt, take, other
“When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 18:18: take, wife, other
“And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter. one: or, every one another: or, every one lewdly: or, by lewdness”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 18:18: wife, sister, other
“And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 18:18: wife, sister, other
“The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.”
Shares key themes with Leviticus 18:18: shalt, sister, uncover
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