If a man marries his brother's wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless. The sister-in-law violation (Leviticus 18:16) also carries the childless penalty. The dishonored his brother framing parallels the dishonored his uncle of verse 20: both violations harm the family member whose wife is involved. The childless consequence for both the aunt-by-marriage and sister-in-law violations communicates the consistent principle: the violation of marriage boundaries within the extended family carries the self-defeating consequence of childlessness.

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