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Leviticus 20:20-22
Contemporary English Version

20 If you have sex with your uncle's wife, neither you nor she will ever have any children. 21 (A) And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children.[a]

22 Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out.

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  1. 20.21 And … children: According to Deuteronomy 25.5,6 a man was supposed to marry his brother's widow if his brother had died without having children. Otherwise, such marriages were forbidden (see also Matthew 22.23-33; Mark 12.18-27; Luke 20.27-40).
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