Leviticus 18
Laws on Immoral Relations
1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘ aI am the Lord your God. 3‘You shall not do ▼▼ Lit according to the deed of
what is cdone in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do ▼▼ Lit according to the deed of
what is edone in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4‘You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, ▼▼ Lit to walk in them
to live in accord with them; gI am the Lord your God. 5‘So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, hby which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord. 6‘None of you shall approach any blood relative ▼▼ Lit of his flesh
of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. 7‘ jYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. 8‘ kYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. 9‘ lThe nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for ▼▼ Lit they are your nakedness
their nakedness is yours. 11‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, ▼▼ Lit begotten of
born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12‘ oYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. 13‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. 14‘ pYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt. 15‘ qYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 16‘ rYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. 17‘ sYou shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is ▼▼ Or wickedness
lewdness. 18‘You shall not ▼▼ Lit take a wife
marry a woman in addition to ▼▼ Or another
her sister ▼▼ Lit to be
as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness. 19‘ xAlso you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her ymenstrual impurity. 20‘ zYou shall not have intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. 21‘You shall not give any of your offspring aato ▼▼ Lit cause to pass over
offer them to Molech, nor shall you acprofane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 22‘ adYou shall not lie with a male as ▼▼ Lit those who lie
one lies with a female; it is an abomination. 23‘ afAlso you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to ▼▼ Or lie
mate with it; it is a perversion. 24‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these ahthe nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. 25‘For the land has become defiled, aitherefore I have brought its ▼▼ Lit iniquity
punishment upon it, so the land akhas spewed out its inhabitants. 26‘But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you 27(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); 28so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. 29‘For whoever does any of these abominations, ▼▼ Or and the
those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. 30‘Thus you are to keep amMy charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; anI am the Lord your God.’”
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