Lev 18:16
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it {is} thy brother's nakedness.
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If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her. {her husband's...: or, her next kinsman}
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it {is} an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. {an...: Heb. a separation}
Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave {his} wife {behind him}, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put {him} in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.
But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it {is} an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless. {an...: Heb. a separation}
For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her.
For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.