LXXV. The man who has been polluted with his own
sister, either on the father’s or the mother’s side, must
not be allowed to enter the house of prayer, until he has given up his
iniquitous and unlawful conduct. And, after he has come to a
sense of that fearful sin, let him weep for three years standing at the
door of the house of prayer, and entreating the people as they go in to
prayer that each and all will mercifully offer on his behalf their
prayers with earnestness to the Lord. After this let him be
received for another period of three years to hearing alone, and while
hearing the Scriptures and the instruction, let him be expelled and not
be admitted to prayer. Afterwards, if he has asked it with tears
and has fallen before the Lord with contrition of heart and great
humiliation, let kneeling be accorded to him during other three
years. Thus, when he shall have worthily shown the fruits of
repentance, let him be received in the tenth year to the prayer of the
faithful without oblation; and after standing with the faithful in
prayer for two years, then, and not till then, let him be held worthy
of the communion of the good thing.