“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.”
Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative. The paternal aunt is prohibited: the father's sister is a close relative through the paternal line. The prohibition extends the incest boundary beyond the nuclear family to the extended family: aunts and uncles are included in the protected categories. The close relative designation communicates the principle underlying the specific prohibitions.
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