Quotes About Family

If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing oneís own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

If a man lies with his uncleís wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

If a man marries his brotherís wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

No one outside a priestís family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

But if a priestís daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her fatherís house, she may share her fatherís food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.

Then he and his children are to be released, and he may return to his clan and to the property of his fathers.

he retains the right of redemption after he has sold himself. One of his brothers may redeem him:

either his uncle or cousin or any close relative from his clan may redeem him. Or if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

Even if he is not redeemed in any of these ways, he and his children shall be released in the Year of Jubilee.

You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.

And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

“The Israelites are to camp around the Tent of Meeting at a distance from it, each man under his standard, with the banners of his family.

Next will be the tribe of Gad. The leader of the Gadites is Eliasaph son of Deuel,

So the Israelites did everything the LORD commanded Moses; they camped under their standards in this way and set out in the same way, each man with his clan and his family.

The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.