Leviticus 18
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1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, 2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God. 3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes. 4Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. 5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
6None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah. 7The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness. 9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. 10The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. 11The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman. 13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman. 14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. 15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness. 17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness. 18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. 20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her. 21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. 22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you; 25and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants. 26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you 27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled); 28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. 30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
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Leviticus 18
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1The Lord told Moses, 2“Tell the Israelites: I am the Lord your God. 3Don't follow the ways of Egypt where you used to live, and don't follow the ways of Canaan where I'm going to take you. Don't adopt their practices. 4Do what I tell you and keep my rules. I am the Lord your God. 5If you keep my rules and do what I tell you, you will live. I am the Lord.
6Don't have sex with a close relative. 7Don't shame your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; don't have sex with her. 8Don't have sex with any of your father's wives and shame your father. 9Don't have sex with your sister,#18:9. This clearly includes a half-sister or a step-sister. whether she's your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, or whether she was born in the same house as you or somewhere else. 10Don't have sex with your granddaughter, your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, because that would be a shameful thing for you. 11Don't have sex with the daughter of any of your father's wives or the daughter of your father. She is your sister. 12Don't have sex with your father's sister. She is a close relative of your father. 13Don't have sex with your mother's sister. She is a close relative of your mother. 14Don't bring shame on your uncle by having sex with his wife. She is your aunt. 15Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife. Don't have sex with her. 16Don't have sex with your brother's wife and bring shame on your brother. 17Don't have sex with both a woman and her daughter. Don't have sex with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are her close relatives. That is something I loathe. 18Don't marry your wife's sister and have sex with her while your wife is still alive. They will be hostile wives to one other. 19Don't have sex with a woman during the time she is unclean because of her period. 20Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.
21Don't give any of your children as a human sacrifice to Molech,#18:21. Molech was a pagan god. The sacrifices were of children placed alive into the metal idols hands which had been heated with fire. for you must not disgrace the character of your God. I am the Lord.
22Don't have sex with a man as with a woman. That is something disgusting. 23Don't have sex with any animal. This would pollute you and make you unclean. 24A woman must not give herself to an animal to have sex with it. That is something disgusting. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean by doing anything like this. That's the reason I'm expelling these nations from the land—they polluted themselves because of all these practices. 25Even the land has become polluted, so I am punishing it for the sins committed by the people who live there, and the land will vomit them out.
26You, however, must do what I tell you and keep my rules. You must not do any of these disgusting acts, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you. 27The people who lived in the land before you practiced all these disgusting things, and the land became polluted. 28If you pollute the land, it will vomit you out just like it did the nations before you.
29Consequently anyone who does any of these disgusting things must be expelled from their people. 30You must accept my demand that you don't follow any of these disgusting practices done before you arrived. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean. I am the Lord your God.”
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