Leviticus 18:15

Hebrew	עֶרְוַ֥ת כַּלָּֽתְךָ֖ לֹ֣א תְגַלֵּ֑ה אֵ֤שֶׁת בִּנְךָ֙ הִ֔וא לֹ֥א תְגַלֶּ֖ה עֶרְוָתָֽהּ
ESV	You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
NIV	“'Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not have relations with her.
NLT	“Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, so you must not have sexual relations with her.
LXX	ἀσχημοσύνην νύμφης σου οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις γυνὴ γὰρ υἱοῦ σού ἐστινplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigεἰμί greek εἰμί is the first person singular verb for “to be” (εἶναι [the infinitive form] = “to be”). It an irregular verb, and, like English, changes significantly between person and tense. For example εἰμί is the word for am and ἦν is the word for was, e.g. οὐκ ἀποκαλύψεις τὴνplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigὁ greek The definite article ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆςplugin-autotooltip__default plugin-autotooltip_bigαὐτός greek Meaning * He, she, it * Himself, herself, itself * Same Personal pronoun (reflexive). Occurs more than 5,000 times in the New Testament. Core uses Function English Equivalent Typical Translation Example (Greek) Example (English)
KJV	Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

^{Leviticus 18:14 ← Leviticus 18:15 → Leviticus 18:16}

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