Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, I [am] the Lord your God.

3 You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

You shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which you lived: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, you shall not do; and you shall not walk in their ordinances.

4 But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

You shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I [am] the Lord your God.

5 So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

So you shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord your God.

6 You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

No man shall draw near to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I [am] the Lord.

7 You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, for she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

8 And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

9 You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

The nakedness of your sister by your father or by your mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

10 You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;

The nakedness of your son's daughter, or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; because it is your nakedness.

11 Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife; she is your sister by the same father: you shall not uncover her nakedness.

12 You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister, for she is near akin to your father.

13 You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is near akin to your mother.

14 You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, and you shall not go in to his wife; for she is your relation.

15 Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

16 You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

17 You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shall you not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter, shall you not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are your kinswomen: it is impiety.

18 And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

19 And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

And you shall not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

20 And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

And you shall not lie with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

21 And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

And you shall not give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord.

22 You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

23 And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.

Neither shall you lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.

24 Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

25 And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.

and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

26 So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

27 (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them; )

(for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled, )

28 So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.

and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.

29 For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people.

30 So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.

And you shall keep mine ordinances, that you may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and you shall not be polluted in them; for I [am] the Lord your God.