18:1 The LORD said to Moses,
18:2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the LORD your God.
18:3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.
18:4 You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God.
18:5 Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
18:6 “‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
18:7 “‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
18:8 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father.
18:9 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
18:10 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.
18:11 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
18:12 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
18:13 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
18:14 “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.
18:15 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.
18:16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.
18:17 “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
18:18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
18:19 “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.
18:20 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.
18:21 “‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
18:22 “‘Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
18:23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.
18:24 “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.
18:25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
18:26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things,
18:27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.
18:28 And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
18:29 “‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things–such persons must be cut off from their people.
18:30 Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’”
18:1 Then Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
18:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.
18:3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt; and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, nor shall you walk in their statutes.
18:4 You shall observe My ordinances, and you shall keep My statutes to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God.
18:5 So you shall keep My statutes and My ordinances, by which, if a man does them, he will live; I am Jehovah.
18:6 None of you shall approach to any of his close relatives to uncover their nakedness; I am Jehovah.
18:7 The nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother, you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:8 The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness.
18:9 The nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter, or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.
18:10 The nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
18:11 The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of your father ? she is your sister ? you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.
18:13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s flesh.
18:14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
18:15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
18:16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
18:17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are her flesh; it is wickedness.
18:18 And you shall not take a woman as wife in addition to her sister, as a rival to uncover her nakedness while she is alive.
18:19 And you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
18:20 And you shall not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow countryman to become defiled with her.
18:21 And you shall not give any of your offspring to pass through the fire to Molech, and so profane the name of your God; I am Jehovah.
18:22 You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination.
18:23 And you shall not lie with any beast to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it; it is confusion.
18:24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.
18:25 Because the land has become defiled, I visited its iniquity upon it, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
18:26 You therefore shall keep My statutes and My ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native nor the sojourner who sojourns among you
18:27 (For the men of the land who were before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled);
18:28 That the land does not vomit you out when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation which was before you.
18:29 For all who do any of these abominations, those persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.
18:30 Therefore you shall keep My charge, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and you do not defile yourselves by them; I am Jehovah your God.