“Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.”
Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because she is your mother's close relative. The maternal aunt is prohibited as the mother's close relative. The parallel treatment of paternal and maternal aunt communicates the symmetrical application of the extended family incest prohibition: the mother's family line is as protected as the father's. The covenant community's sexual ethics do not privilege either the paternal or maternal extended family.
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