Imamat 18:9

18:9 You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, ¹  whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; ²  you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them. ³ 

Imamat 18:2

18:2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘I am the Lord your God!

1 Samuel 13:14

13:14 But now your kingdom will not continue! The Lord has sought out ⁴  for himself a man who is loyal to him ⁵  and the Lord has appointed ⁶  him to be leader over his people, for you have not obeyed what the Lord commanded you.”

[18:9]  ¹ tn Heb “the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother.”

[18:9]  ² tn Heb “born of house or born of outside.” CEV interprets as “whether you grew up together or not” (cf. also TEV, NLT).

[18:9]  ³ tc Several medieval Hebrew mss, Smr, LXX, and Syriac have “her nakedness” rather than “their nakedness,” thus agreeing with singular “sister” at the beginning of the verse.

[18:9]  tn For a smooth English translation “either of” was added.

[13:14]  ⁴ tn This verb form, as well as the one that follows (“appointed”), indicates completed action from the standpoint of the speaker. This does not necessarily mean that the Lord had already conducted his search and made his choice, however. The forms may be used for rhetorical effect to emphasize the certainty of the action. The divine search for a new king is as good as done, emphasizing that the days of Saul’s dynasty are numbered.

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to his heart.” The idiomatic expression means to be like-minded with another, as its use in 1 Sam 14:7 indicates.

[13:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “commanded.”