marriage between cousins

⁶No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

⁶And so, this is the law which has been promulgated by the Lord about the daughters of Zelophehad: Let them marry whomever they may wish, but only among the men of their own tribe,

²But go, and journey to Mesopotamia of Syria, to the house of Bethuel, your mother’s father, and there accept for yourself a wife from the daughters of Laban, your maternal uncle.

²²He who has found a good wife has found goodness, and he shall draw contentment from the Lord. He who expels a good wife expels goodness. But he who holds on to an adulteress is foolish and impious.

⁴But that you will proceed to my land and kindred, and from there take a wife for my son Isaac.”

¹The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave to him, in order to make known to his servants the things that must soon occur, and which he signified by sending his Angel to his servant John;

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ²Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I am the Lord your God. ³You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you have lived; nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan, into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances. ⁴You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God. ⁵Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord. ⁶No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

⁴May marriage be honorable in every way, and may the marriage bed be immaculate. For God will judge fornicators and adulterers.

³⁸And so, he who joins with his virgin in matrimony does well, and he who does not join with her does better.

⁶The proverb is: A youth is close to his way; even when he is old, he will not withdraw from it.