18Leviticus 18

1And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,Select Leviticus 18:1

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.Select Leviticus 18:2

3After 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.Select Leviticus 18:3

4Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.Select Leviticus 18:4

5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.Select Leviticus 18:5

6None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.Select Leviticus 18:6

7The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.Select Leviticus 18:7

8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.Select Leviticus 18:8

9The 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.Select Leviticus 18:9

10The 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.Select Leviticus 18:10

11The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.Select Leviticus 18:11

12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.Select Leviticus 18:12

13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.Select Leviticus 18:13

14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.Select Leviticus 18:14

15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.Select Leviticus 18:15

16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.Select Leviticus 18:16

17Thou 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.Select Leviticus 18:17

18And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.Select Leviticus 18:18

19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.Select Leviticus 18:19

20And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.Select Leviticus 18:20

21And 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 Jehovah.Select Leviticus 18:21

22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.Select Leviticus 18:22

23And 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.Select Leviticus 18:23

24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;Select Leviticus 18:24

25and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.Select Leviticus 18:25

26Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among youSelect Leviticus 18:26

27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);Select Leviticus 18:27

28that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.Select Leviticus 18:28

29For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.Select Leviticus 18:29

30Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.Select Leviticus 18:30