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| Leviticus, Chapter 18, verses 6-23 |
6.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover
their nakedness ; I am the Lord.
7. The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover : she is
thy mother ; thou shalt not uncover her
nakedness.
8. The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt
thou not uncover : It is thy father’s nakedness.
9. The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter
of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their
nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10. The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or thy daughter’s daughter,
even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover:
for their’s is thine own nakedness.
11. The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy
father, she is thy sister, thou shalt
not uncover her nakedness.
12. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy father’s sister : she is thy father’s
near kinswoman.
13. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy mother’s sister : for she is thy mother’s
near kinswoman.
14. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not
approach to his wife ; she is thine aunt.
15. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy daughter in law : she is thy son’s
wife ; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy brother’s wife : it is thy brother’s
nakedness.
17. Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt
thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover
her nakedness: for they are her near kinswomen :
it is wickedness.
18. Neither shalt thou take a wife to her
sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in
her life time.
19. Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness,
as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20. Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally
with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
21. And thou shalt not let any of thy seed
pass through the fire to Molech, neither
shalt thou profane the name of thy God
: I am the Lord.
22. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as
with womankind : it is abomination.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast
to defile thyself therewith : neither shall
an woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto : it is confusion. |
| Leviticus, Chapter 18, 11-23 a man’s |
Mother
father’s wife
sister
father’s daughter
mother’s daughter
son’s daughter
daughter’s daughter
father’s sister |
Mother’s sister
father’s brother’s wife
son’s wife
brother’s wife
daughter
daughter’s son’s daughter
daughter’s daughter’s daughter
wife’s sister (while wife is still living) |
| Leviticus, Chapter 20, verses 11-21 a man’s |
11.
And the man that lieth with his father’s
wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness :
both of them shall surely be put to death ; their blood shall be upon
them.
12. And if a man lieth with his daughter
in law, both of them shall surely be put to death
: they have wrought confusion ; their blood shall be upon them.
13. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth
with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination they shall
surely be put to death : their blood shall
be upon them.
14. And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness
: they shall be burnt with fire, both of he and they ; that
there be no wickedness among you.
15. And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death : and ye shall slay the beast.
16. and if a woman approach unto any beast,
and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the
woman, and the beast : they shall surely be put to death : their blood
shall be upon them.
17. And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or
his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness
; it is a wicked thing ; and they shall be cut off in the sight of
their people ; he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness ; he shallbear
his iniquity.
18. And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nackedness ; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered
the fountain of her blood : and both of them shall be cut off from
among their people.
19. And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of they mother’s sister,
nor thy father’s sister ; for he uncovereth
his near kin ; they shall bear their iniquity.
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.
21. And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing ; he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness : they
shall be childless. |
| Leviticus, Chapter 20, verses 11-21 a man’s |
father’s wife
daughter-in-law
wife’s mother
sister
father’s daughter |
Mother’s daughter
mother’s sister
uncle’s wife
brother’s wife |
| Corinthians Chapter 5, verse 1
Matthew Chapter 14, verses 3 & 4 |
1.
It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such
fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one
should have his father’s wife.
3. For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in
prison for Herodias’ sake, his brother Philip’s wife.
4. For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. |
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England the statutes of Henry VIII, repealed in part by Edward VI
and wholly by Phillip and Mary, were revived by Elizabeth I, the provision
being that "no prohibition, God's law except, shall trouble or
impeach any marriage outside Levitical law".
The ecclesiastical interpretation was that consanguinity was an impediment
to marriage as far as the third degree.
Relationship by the half-blood was put on the same footing as the
full-blood.
Marriages within the forbidden degree as voidable
rather than void, until such marriages were declared void by an act
of 5 and 6 William IV (1835). |
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1533 First British Temporal Statute |
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Mother
Stepmother
sister
son’s daughter
daughter’s daughter
father’s daughter
father’s sister
mother’s sister |
uncle’s wife
son’s wife
brother’s wife
wife’s daughter
wife’s son’s daughter
wife’s daughter’s daughter
wife’s sister |
| In 1536 the Second British Temporal Statute extended the
above list to include any relations of a woman a man had previously
had intercourse with |
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Interregnum Act May 1650 |
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Grandmother
mother
sister
daughter
grandaughter
father’s sister
mother’s sister |
Father’s wife
son’s wife
wife’s mother
wife’s daughter |
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| Book of Common Prayer 1662
Wherein whosoever are related are forbidden in scripture and our laws
to marry together |
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A Man may not
marry his
- GRANDMOTHER,
- Grandfather's Wife,
- Wife's Grandmother.
- Father's Sister,
- Mother's Sister,
- Father's Brother's Wife.
- Mother's Brother's Wife,
- Wife's Father's Sister,
- Wife's Mother's Sister.
- Mother,
- Step-Mother,
- Wife's Mother.
- Daughter,
- Wife's Daughter,
- Son's Wife.
- Sister,
- Wife's Sister,
- Brother's Wife.
- Son's Daughter,
- Daughter's Daughter.
- Son's Son's Wife.
- Daughter's Son's Wife.
- Wife's Son's Daughter.
- Wife's Daughter's Daughter.
- Brother's Daughter.
- Sister's Daughter.
- Brother's Son's Wife.
- Sister's Son's Wife.
- Wife's Brother's Daughter.
- Wife's Sister's Daughter.
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A Woman may not marry with
her
- GRANDFATHER,
- Grandmother's Husband,
- Husband's Grandfather.
- Father's Brother,
- Mother's Brother,
- Father's Sister's Husband.
- Mother's Sister's Husband,
- Husband's Father's Brother,
- Husband's Mother's Brother.
- Father,
- Step-Father,
- Husband's Father.
- Son,
- Husband's Son,
- Daughter's Husband.
- Brother,
- Husband's Brother.
- Sister's Husband.
- Son's Son,
- Daughter's Son,
- Son's Daughter's Husband.
- Daughter's Daughter's Husband,
- Husband's Son's Son,
- Husband's Daughter's Son.
- Brother's Son,
- Sister's Son,
- Brother's Daughter's Husband.
- Sister's Daughter's Husband,
- Husband's Brother's Son,
- Husband's Sister's Son.
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| Various Acts removed the prohibition to marry if the partner
of the person stated was deceased.
The subject"Deceased Wife's Sister Act" was debated almost
annually for seventy years until finally being allowed in 1907. |
| 1907 Marriage Act removed from the man’s list
1921 Marriage Act removed from the list
1931 Marriage Act removed from both lists |
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Wife’s sister
(18) Brother’s wife
(6) Father's Brother's Wife
(7) Mother's Brother's Wife
(8) Wife's Father's Sister
(9) Wife's Mother's Sister
(27) Brother's Son's Wife.
(28) Sister's Son's Wife.
(29) Wife's Brother's Daughter
(30) Wife's Sister's Daughter |
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| PART I.
Prohibited degrees of relationship. |
Mother
Daughter
Father’s mother
Mother’s mother
Son’s daughter
Daughter’s daughter
Sister
Wife's mother
Wife's daughter
Father’s wife
Son’s wife
Father’s father’s wife
Mother’s father’s wife
Wife's father’s mother
Wife's mother’s mother
Wife's son’s daughter
Wife's daughter’s daughter
Son’s son’s wife
Daughter’s son’s wife
Father’s sister
Mother’s sister
Brother’s daughter
Sister’s daughter |
Father
Son
Father’s father
Mother’s father
Son’s son
Daughter’s son
Brother
Husband’s father
Husband’s son
Mother’s husband
Daughter’s husband
Father’s mother’s husband
Mother’s mother’s husband
Husband’s father’s father
Husband’s mother’s father
Husband’s son’s son
Husband’s daughter’s son
Son’s daughter’s husband
Daughter’s daughter’s husband
Father’s brother
Mother’s brother
Brother’s son
Sister’s son |
| PART II.
Statutory exceptions from prohibited degrees of relationship. |
Deceased wife’s sister
Deceased brother’s wife
Deceased wifes brother’s daughter
Deceased wife’s sister’s daughter
Father's deceased brother’s wife
Mother's deceased brother’s wife
father’s sister
Deceased wife’s father’s sister
Deceased wife’s mother’s sister
Brother's deceased son’s wife
Sister's deceased son’s wife |
Deceased sister’s husband
Deceased husband’s brother
Father’s deceased sister’s husband
Mother’s deceased sister’s husband
Deceased husband’s brother’s son
Deceased husband’s sister’s son
Brother’s deceased daughter’s husband
Sister’s deceased daughter’s husband
Deceased husband’s father’s brother
Deceased husband’s mother’s brother |
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| Book of Common Prayer (Current Version)
Wherein whosoever are related are forbidden in scripture and our laws
to marry together |
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A Man may not
marry his
mother
daughter
adopted daughter
father's mother
mother's mother
son's daughter
daughter's daughter
sister
wife's mother
wife's daughter
father's wife
son's wife
father's father's wife
mother's father's wife
wife's father's mother
wife's mother's mother
wife's daughter's daughter
wife's son's daughter
son's son's wife
daughter's son's wife
father's sister
mother's sister
brother's daughter
sister's daughter |
A Woman may not marry
with her
father
son
adopted son
father's father
mother's father
son's son
daughter's son
brother
husband's father
husband's son
mother's husband
daughter's husband
father's mother's husband
mother's mother's husband
husband's father's father
husband's mother's father
husband's son's son
husband's daughter's son
son's daughter's husband
daughter's daughter's husband
father's brother
mother's brother
brother's son
sister's son |
| In the above Table the term
'brother' includes a brother of the half-blood, and the term 'sister'
includes a sister of the half-blood. |