Leviticus 18

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I [am] Jehovah your God;

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

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

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

4 'My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I [am] Jehovah your God;

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

5 and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah.

So ye 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 'None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I [am] Jehovah.

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

7 'The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she [is] thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

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

8 'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife; it is thy father's nakedness.

9 'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

The nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

10 'The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [is] thy nakedness.

The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; because it is thy nakedness.

11 'The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of thy father's wife; she is thy sister by the same father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

12 'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she [is] a relation of thy father.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father.

13 'The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she [is] thy mother's relation.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is near akin to thy mother.

14 'The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she [is] thine aunt.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for she is thy relation.

15 'The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she [is] thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

16 'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

17 'The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they [are] her relations; it [is] wickedness.

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

18 'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

Thou shalt 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 unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

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

20 'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

21 'And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.

And thou shalt not give of thy seed to serve a ruler; and thou shalt not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord.

22 'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].

And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

23 'And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it [is].

Neither shalt thou 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 'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

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 is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

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

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

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

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

28 and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which [is] 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 any one who doth [any] of all these abominations — even the persons who are doing [so], have been cut off from the midst of their people;

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

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

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