Identity, Religion, Sex & Gender

In our mouths and in our hearts: Day 14

(Introduction.)
Today: More sex
151. “Do not approach [your father’s brother’s] wife; she is your aunt.” (Leviticus 18:14)
152. “Do not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law.” (Leviticus 18:15)
153. “Do not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife.” (Leviticus 18:16)
154. “Do not marry a woman as a rival to her sister and uncover her nakedness in the other’s lifetime.” (Leviticus 18:18)
155. “Do not lie with a beast.” (Leviticus 18:23)
156. “A woman shall not stand before a beast to mate with it.” (Leviticus 18:23)
157. “A male do not lie the lyings of a woman.” (Leviticus 18:22) = there are many interpretations of this verse, but the Rambam understands it as prohibiting sex between any two men
158. “Your father’s nakedness … you shall not uncover.” (Leviticus 18:7)
159. “Do not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother.” (Leviticus 18:14)
160. “Do not lie with your neighbor’s wife.” (Leviticus 18:21)
161. “Do not approach a woman during her menstrual impurity to uncover her nakedness.” (Leviticus 18:19)
162. “You shall not intermarry with them: do not give your daughters to their sons or take their daughters for your sons.” (Deuteronomy 7:3)
163. “No Ammonite or Moabite shall be admitted into the congregation of God” (Deuteronomy 23:4) = to marry Jews
164. “You shall not abhor an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in their land. Children born to them may be admitted into the congregation of God in the third generation.” (Deuteronomy 23:8-9)
165. “You shall not abhor an Edomite, for they are your kin … Children born to them may be admitted into the congregation of God in the third generation.” (Deuteronomy 23:8-9)

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