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Leviticus 18

William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)

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1And the Lorde talked with Moses saynge:Select Leviticus 18:1

2speake vnto the childern of Israel, ad saye vnto them, I am the Lorde youre GodSelect Leviticus 18:2

3Wherfore after the doynges of the land of Egipte wherein ye dwelt, se that ye doo not: nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan, whether I will bringe you, nether walke ye in their ordinaunces,Select Leviticus 18:3

4but doo after my iudgemetes, and kepe myne ordynaunces, to walke therein: for I am the Lorde youre God.Select Leviticus 18:4

5Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces, ad my iudgemetes whiche yf a man doo he shall lyue thereby: for I am the Lorde.Select Leviticus 18:5

6Se that ye goo to none of youre nyghest kynred for to vncouer their secrettes, for I am the Lorde.Select Leviticus 18:6

7The secrettes of thy father and thy mother, se thou vnheale not: she is thy mother, therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes.Select Leviticus 18:7

8The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer, for they are thy fathers secrettes.Select Leviticus 18:8

9Thou shalt not discouer the preuyte of thy syster, the doughter of thy father or of thy mother: whether she be borne at home or without.Select Leviticus 18:9

10Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter, for that is thyne awne preuyte:Select Leviticus 18:10

11Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter, which she bare to thy father, for she is thy suster: thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes.Select Leviticus 18:11

12Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes off thy fathers syster, for she is thy fathers nexte kyn.Select Leviticus 18:12

13Thou shalt not dyscouer the secrettes off thy mothers syster, for she is thy mothers nexte kyn.Select Leviticus 18:13

14Thou shalt not open the secrettes of thy fathers brother: that is thou shalt not goo in to his wife, for she is thyne awnte.Select Leviticus 18:14

15Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy doughter in lawe she is thy sonnes wyfe: therfore vncouer not hir secrettes.Select Leviticus 18:15

16Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers preuyte.Select Leviticus 18:16

17Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wife ad hir doughter also, nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncouer their secrettes: they are hir nexte kyn, it were therfore wikydnesse.Select Leviticus 18:17

18Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister thereto, to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth.Select Leviticus 18:18

19Thou shalt not goo vnto a woman to open hir secrettes, as longe as she is put aparte for hir vnclennesse.Select Leviticus 18:19

20Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife, to defyle thi selfe with her.Select Leviticus 18:20

21Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch, that thou defile not the name of thi God, for I am the Lorde.Select Leviticus 18:21

22Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for that is abominacion.Select Leviticus 18:22

23Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith, nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto, for that is abhominacion.Select Leviticus 18:23

24Defile not youre selues in any of these thinges, for with all these thinges are these nacions defiled whiche I cast out before you:Select Leviticus 18:24

25and the lande is defiled, and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it. and the lande shal spewe out hir inhabiters.Select Leviticus 18:25

26Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes, and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions: nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge youSelect Leviticus 18:26

27(for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you, and the lande is defiled)Select Leviticus 18:27

28lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it, as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you.Select Leviticus 18:28

29For whosoeuer shall comytt any of these abhominacions, the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people.Select Leviticus 18:29

30Therfore se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces, that ye commytt none of these abhominable customes which were commytted before you: that ye defile not youre selues therewith for I am the Lorde youre God.Select Leviticus 18:30

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