Leviticus 20:19
Good News Translation
If a man has intercourse with his aunt, both of them must suffer the consequences for incest.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for that is to lay bare one’s own flesh; they shall be subject to punishment.

Contemporary English Version
The sisters of your father and mother are your own relatives, and you will be punished for having sex with any of them.

New American Bible
You shall not have intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, because that dishonors one’s own flesh; they shall bear their penalty.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father. He that doth this, hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh: both shall bear their iniquity.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father. He that doth this, hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh: both shall bear their iniquity.

mother's

Leviticus 18:12,13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy father. . . .

Exodus 6:20 And Amram took to wife Jochabed his aunt by the father's side: and she bore him Aaron and Moses. And the years of Amram's life, were a hundred and thirty-seven.

uncovereth

Leviticus 18:6 No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

Context
Punishments for Sexual Immorality
18If any man lie with a woman in her flowers, and uncover her nakedness, and she open the fountain of her blood: both shall be destroyed out of the midst of their people. 19Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy aunt by thy mother, and of thy aunt by thy father. He that doth this, hath uncovered the shame of his own flesh: both shall bear their iniquity.20If any man lie with the wife of his uncle by the father, or of his uncle by the mother, and uncover the shame of his near akin, both shall bear their sin. They shall die without children.…
Cross References
Leviticus 18:12
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.

Leviticus 18:13
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: because she is thy mother's flesh.

Leviticus 20:18
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