Leviticus 18

1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 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.

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

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

My judgments shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: 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.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

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

None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, 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.

The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: 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.

The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: 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, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even 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 of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own 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.

The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, 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: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

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 thy mother’s near kinswoman.

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, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

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: 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.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

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

And thou shalt not take a woman to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

19 'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

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 carnally 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 any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

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

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is 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].

And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

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;

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from 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 defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.

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,

Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the homeborn, nor the stranger that sojourneth among 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 have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is 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;

that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was 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, even the souls that do them shall be cut off 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.'

Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye do not any of these abominable customs, which were done before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.