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178 6. Her son's daughter, v. 17.

7. Her daughter's daughter, v. 17.

8. Wife's sister, v. 18.

All these are obviously relations by affinity; and they are as numerous as the relations by consanguinity, specified in the law: so that it is very evident, from the explanation given by the Lawgiver himself of the general rule laid down in the sixth verse, that comprehends affinity as well as consanguinity.