World English Bible · Judaism and Christianity
Leviticus 18:18
“‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.
Tr. World English Bible, 2000 · public domain
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- 66:7.1456%The Planetary Prince of Urantia
6. You shall not touch your friend’s wife.
Read in context - 94:8.1256%The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
3. You shall not be unchaste.
Read in context - 93:4.1253%Machiventa Melchizedek
6. You shall not commit adultery.
Read in context - 83:5.448%The Marriage Institution
The Jewish custom requiring that a man consort with his deceased brother’s widow for the purpose of “raising up seed for his brother,” was the custom of more than half the ancient world. This was a relic of the time when marriage was a family affair rather than an individual association.
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“10. You shall not seethe a kid in its mother’s milk.
Read in context - 142:3.1245%The Passover at Jerusalem
“2. You shall not make molten gods.
Read in context - 142:3.1145%The Passover at Jerusalem
“1. You shall worship no other god, for the Lord is a jealous God.
Read in context - 66:7.1244%The Planetary Prince of Urantia
4. You shall not kill men, women, or children.
Read in context - 82:5.543%The Evolution of Marriage
The first move away from brother and sister marriages came about under the plural-wife mores because the sister-wife would arrogantly dominate the other wife or wives. Some tribal mores forbade marriage to a dead brother’s widow but required the living brother to beget children for his departed brother. There is no biologic instinct against any degree of in-marriage; such restrictions are wholly a matter of taboo.
Read in context - 94:8.1042%The Melchizedek Teachings in the Orient
1. You shall not kill.
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