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Lev 20:20 — And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

uncle's wife		Lev 18:14
childless		Job 18:19; Psa 109:13; Jer 22:30; Luk 1:7,25; Luk 23:29

Correlating Passages

uncle's wife

Lev 18:14

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she [is] thine aunt.

childless

	Job 18:19	He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
	Psa 109:13	Let his posterity be cut off; [and] in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
	Jer 22:30	Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man [that] shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
	Luk 1:7	And they had no child, because that Elisabeth was barren, and they both were [now] well stricken in years.
	Luk 1:25	Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on [me], to take away my reproach among men.
	Luk 23:29	For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.

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Scott, Thomas. "Leviticus 20:20," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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