Wayyiqra (Leviticus) 18
18
1And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
2“Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘I am יהוה your Elohim.
3‘Do not do as they do in the land of Mitsrayim, where you dwelt. And do not do as they do in the land of Kena‛an, where I am bringing you, and do not walk in their laws.
4‘Do My right-rulings and guard My laws, to walk in them. I am יהוה your Elohim.
5‘And you shall guard My laws and My right-rulings, which a man does and lives by them. I am יהוה.
6‘No one is to approach anyone of his own flesh to uncover his nakedness. I am יהוה.
7‘The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you do not uncover. She is your mother, you do not uncover her nakedness.
8‘The nakedness of your father’s wife you do not uncover, it is your father’s nakedness.
9‘The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you do not uncover.
10‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you do not uncover, for theirs is your own nakedness.
11‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, brought forth by your father, she is your sister, you do not uncover her nakedness.
12‘The nakedness of your father’s sister you do not uncover, she is your father’s flesh.
13‘The nakedness of your mother’s sister you do not uncover, for she is your mother’s flesh.
14‘The nakedness of your father’s brother you do not uncover, you do not approach his wife, she is your aunt.
15‘The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you do not uncover, she is your son’s wife, you do not uncover her nakedness.
16‘The nakedness of your brother’s wife you do not uncover, it is your brother’s nakedness.
17‘The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you do not uncover, nor do you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are her relatives – it is wickedness.
18‘And do not take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.
19‘And do not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness in her monthly separation of uncleanness.
20‘And do not have intercourse with the wife of your neighbour, to defile yourself with her.
21‘And do not give any of your offspring to pass through to Moleḵ. And do not profane the Name of your Elohim. I am יהוה.
22‘And do not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an abomination.
23‘And do not have intercourse with any beast, to defile yourself with it. And a woman does not stand before a beast to mate with it, it is a perversion.
24‘Do not defile yourselves with all these, for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am driving out before you.
25‘Thus the land became defiled, therefore I punished it for its crookedness, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
26‘But you, you shall guard My laws and My right-rulings, and not do any of these abominations, the native nor stranger who sojourns among you,
27because the men of the land who were before you have done all these abominations, and thus the land became defiled,
28‘So let not the land vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
29‘For whoever does any of these abominations, those beings who do them shall be cut off from among their people.
30‘And you shall guard My Charge, so as not to do any of these abominable laws which were done before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them. I am יהוה your Elohim.’ ”
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Leviticus 18
18
Unlawful Sexual Relations
1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, #ch. 11:44; 19:4; 20:7; Ex. 6:6, 7I am the Lord your God. 3#Ezek. 20:7, 8; 23:8 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and #Ex. 23:24; Deut. 12:30, 31you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. 4#ver. 26; ch. 19:19, 37; 20:8, 22; 25:18; Deut. 4:1, 6; 5:1; 6:1; 12:1; Ezek. 20:19 You shall follow my rules#18:4 Or my just decrees; also verse 5 and keep my statutes and walk in them. #[See ver. 2 above]I am the Lord your God. 5#[See ver. 4 above] You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; #Ezek. 20:11, 13, 21; Cited Rom. 10:5; Gal. 3:12; [Luke 10:28]if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
6“None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord. 7#For ver. 7-16, see ch. 20:11-21You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 8#Deut. 22:30; 27:20; 1 Cor. 5:1; [Gen. 49:4; Amos 2:7]You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. 9#[2 Sam. 13:12; Ezek. 22:11]You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home. 10You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness. 11You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, brought up in your father’s family, since she is your sister. 12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s relative. 13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s relative. 14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. 15#[Gen. 38:26; Ezek. 22:11]You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 16#[Gen. 38:8; Deut. 25:5; Matt. 22:24; Mark 12:19; Luke 20:28]You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. 17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity. 18And you shall not take a woman as a #[1 Sam. 1:6] rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness #[Gen. 31:50]while her sister is still alive.
19 # [ch. 15:24; 20:18; Ezek. 18:6; 22:10] “You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. 20#See Ex. 20:14And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her. 21You shall not give any of your children to #ch. 20:2-5; Deut. 18:10 offer them#18:21 Hebrew to make them pass through [the fire] to #[1 Kgs. 11:7, 33; Acts 7:43] Molech, and so #ch. 19:12; 20:3; 21:6; 22:2, 32; Ezek. 36:20, 22; Mal. 1:12profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22#ch. 20:13; [Gen. 19:5; Judg. 19:22; Rom. 1:27; 1 Cor. 6:9, 10; 1 Tim. 1:9, 10]You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. 23#ch. 20:15, 16; Ex. 22:19 And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is #ch. 20:12perversion.
24 # ver. 30; [Matt. 15:19, 20; Mark 7:21-23] “Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, #ch. 20:23; [Deut. 18:12]for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, 25and the #Num. 35:34; Jer. 2:7; Ezek. 36:17 land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land #ch. 20:22vomited out its inhabitants. 26But #See ver. 4, 5 you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the #See ch. 16:29native or the stranger who sojourns among you 27(for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), 28lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people. 30#ch. 22:9 So keep my charge never to practice #ver. 3, 26; ch. 20:23; Deut. 18:9 any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: #See ver. 2I am the Lord your God.”
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