Ezekiel 22:11
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One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
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But Amnon refused to listen to her, and being stronger, he violated her and lay with her.
If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.
You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
though the father has done none of them: Indeed, the son eats at the mountain and defiles his neighbor’s wife.
If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.
If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
After some time, David’s son Amnon fell in love with Tamar, the beautiful sister of David’s son Absalom.