Leviticus 18:17 meaning and explanation

You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

Leviticus 18:17, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses for the Israelites camped at Sinai, forming a people who must not copy the sexual customs of Egypt behind them or Canaan ahead. This verse forbids a man from taking a woman and then also her daughter, granddaughter, or great-granddaughter, whether by marriage or sexual union.

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