Copulation

Passages on this topic

From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), a historical reference index. The groupings are Nave’s; the verses are shown in the text used across this site.

Forbidden between persons near of kin

• Leviticus 18:6–16 None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD. You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. You must not have sexual relations with your father’…

During menses

• Leviticus 15:19 When a woman has a discharge consisting of blood from her body, she will be unclean due to her menstruation for seven days, and anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening.
• Leviticus 18:19 You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

With animals

See Adultery

See Lasciviousness

See Sodomy