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Lev 18:18 — Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time].

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

wife		or, one wife to another. Gen 4:19; Gen 29:28; Exd 26:3
to vex her		Gen 30:15; 1Sa 1:6-8; Mal 2:15

Correlating Passages

wife

	Gen 4:19	And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one [was] Adah, and the name of the other Zillah.
	Gen 29:28	And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
	Exd 26:3	The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [other] five curtains [shall be] coupled one to another.

to vex her

	Gen 30:15	And she said unto her, [Is it] a small matter that thou hast taken my husband? and wouldest thou take away my son's mandrakes also? And Rachel said, Therefore he shall lie with thee to night for thy son's mandrakes.
	1Sa 1:6	And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb.
	1Sa 1:7	And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat.
	1Sa 1:8	Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? [am] not I better to thee than ten sons?
	Mal 2:15	And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.

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Scott, Thomas. "Leviticus 18:18," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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