Lev 18:6-23 | NASB2020 | STEP | ‘None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness ; I am the Lord .

Leviticus 18:6-23

6 ‘None of you shall approach any blood relative ^{▼▼Lit of his flesh}of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. 7 ^bYou 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 ^cYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. 9 As for ^dthe nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. 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, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12 ^fYou 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 ^gYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. 15 ^hYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 16 ⁱYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. 17 ^jYou 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 an outrageous sin. 18 And you shall not ^{▼▼Lit take}marry a woman in addition to her sister ^{▼▼Lit to be}as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

19 ‘ ^mAlso you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her ⁿmenstrual impurity. 20 And ^oyou shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. 21 You shall not give any of your children ^pto ^{▼▼Lit make them pass over}offer them to Molech, nor shall you ^rprofane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 22 ^sYou shall not sleep with a male as ^{▼▼Lit a woman’s bed}one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. 23 ^uAlso you shall not have sexual 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.