Leviticus 18:7 meaning and explanation

You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

Leviticus 18:7, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses for the Israelites camped at Sinai, setting out the sexual boundaries that mark them as his people rather than followers of Egypt or Canaan. The Hebrew idiom “expose the nakedness” means sexual relations.

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