Lev 20:21 | NET2full | STEP | If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife , it is indecency . He has exposed his brother’s nakedness ; they will be childless .

Leviticus 20:21

21 If a man has marital relations with ^{▼▼tn Heb “takes.” See notes at vv. 14 and 17.} ^{▼▼sn It must be assumed that the brother is still alive in this situation, since Deut 25:5 requires a man to marry his brother’s widow and have a child in his brother’s name. It is less clear whether the brother in this case has divorced his wife.} his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; ^{▼▼sn See the note on Lev 18:7 above.} they will be childless.