Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them: I am the Lord your God.

“Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;

3 You shall not do according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt: neither shall you act according to the manner of the country of Chanaan, into which I will bring you, nor shall you walk in their ordinances.

you do not do according to the work of the land of Egypt in which you have dwelt, and you do not do according to the work of the land of Canaan to where I am bringing you in, and you do not walk in their statutes.

4 You shall do my judgments, and shall observe my precepts, and shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.

You do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.

5 Keep my laws and my judgments, which if a man do, he shall live in them. I am the Lord.

And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.

6 No man shall approach to her that is near of kin to him, to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

None of you draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.

7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother: she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother, she [is] your mother; you do not uncover her nakedness.

8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife: for it is the nakedness of thy father.

You do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.

9 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy sister by father or by mother, whether born at home or abroad.

The nakedness of your sister, daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, born at home or born outside—you do not uncover their nakedness.

10 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or thy daughter’s daughter: because it is thy own nakedness.

The nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter—you do not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [is] your nakedness.

11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, whom she bore to thy father, and who is thy sister.

The nakedness of a daughter of your father’s wife, begotten of your father, she [is] your sister—you do not uncover her nakedness.

12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: because she is the flesh of thy father.

You do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.

13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: because she is thy mother’s flesh.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she [is] your mother’s relation.

14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother: neither shalt thou approach to his wife, who is joined to thee by affinity.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you do not draw near to his wife; she [is] your aunt.

15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: because she is thy son’s wife, neither shalt thou discover her shame.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she [is] your son’s wife; you do not uncover her nakedness.

16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: because it is the nakedness of thy brother.

You do not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it [is] your brother’s nakedness.

17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy wife and her daughter. Thou shalt not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to discover her shame: because they are her flesh, and such copulation is incest.

You do not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor do you take her son’s daughter and her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they [are] her relations; it [is] wickedness.

18 Thou shalt not take thy wife’s sister for a harlot, to rival her, neither shalt thou discover her nakedness, while she is yet living.

And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

19 Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers, neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness.

And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

20 Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour’s wife, nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.

21 Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God: I am the Lord.

And you do not give from your seed to pass over to the Molech, nor do you defile the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is an abomination.

And you do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an abomination.

23 Thou shalt not copulate with any beast, neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.

And you do not commit your intercourse with any beast, to become unclean with it; and a woman does not stand before a beast to mate with it; it [is] perversion.

24 Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,

Do not defile yourselves with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

25 And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

26 Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments, and do not any of these abominations: neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.

And you have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not do [any] of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

27 For all these detestable things the inhabitants of the land have done, that; were before you, and have defiled it.

for the men of the land who [are] before you have done all these abominations and the land is defiled,

28 Beware then, lest in like manner, it vomit you also out, if you do the like things, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

and the land does not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it has vomited out the nation which [is] before you;

29 Every soul that shall commit any of these abominations, shall perish from the midst of his people.

for anyone who does [any] of all these abominations—even the persons who are doing [so]—have been cut off from the midst of their people;

30 Keep my commandments. Do not the things which they have done, that have been before you, and be not defiled therein. I am the Lord your God.

and you have kept My charge, so as not to do [any] of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and you do not defile yourselves with them; I [am] your God YHWH.”