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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Leviticus 18
18
Rules About Sexual Relations
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Tell the people of Israel: ‘I am the Lord your God. 3In the past you lived in Egypt, but you must not do what was done in that country. And you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their customs. 4You must obey my rules and follow them. I am the Lord your God. 5Obey my laws and rules; a person who obeys them will live because of them. I am the Lord.
6“ ‘You must never have sexual relations with your close relatives. I am the Lord.
7“ ‘You must not shame your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have sexual relations with her. 8You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would shame your father.
9“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either the daughter of your father or your mother. It doesn’t matter if she was born in your house or somewhere else.
10“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would bring shame on you.
11“ ‘If your father and his wife have a daughter, she is your sister. You must not have sexual relations with her.
12“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative. 13You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister; she is your mother’s close relative. 14You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your father’s brother, because this would shame him. She is your aunt.
15“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. Do not have sexual relations with her.
16“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife. That would shame your brother.
17“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not have sexual relations with this woman’s granddaughter, either the daughter of her son or her daughter; they are her close relatives. It is evil to do this.
18“ ‘While your wife is still living, you must not take her sister as another wife. Do not have sexual relations with her.
19“ ‘You must not go near a woman to have sexual relations with her during her monthly period, when she is unclean.
20“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and make yourself unclean with her.
21“ ‘You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, because this would show that you do not respect your God. I am the Lord.
22“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with a man as you would a woman. That is a hateful sin.
23“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with an animal and make yourself unclean with it. Also a woman must not have sexual relations with an animal; it is not natural.
24“ ‘Don’t make yourself unclean by any of these wrong things. I am forcing nations out of their countries because they did these sins, and I am giving their land to you. 25The land has become unclean, and I punished it for its sins, so the land is throwing out those people who live there.
26“ ‘You must obey my laws and rules, and you must not do any of these hateful sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and for the people who live with you. 27The people who lived in the land before you did all these hateful things and made the land unclean. 28If you do these things, you will also make the land unclean, and it will throw you out as it threw out the nations before you. 29Anyone who does these hateful sins must be cut off from the people. 30Keep my command not to do these hateful sins that were done by the people who lived in the land before you. Don’t make yourself unclean by doing them. I am the Lord your God.’ ”
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