| 18.1 |
Yahweh said to Moses, |
| 18.2 |
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God. |
| 18.3 |
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes. |
| 18.4 |
You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God. |
| 18.5 |
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh. |
| 18.6 |
“‘None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh. |
| 18.7 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness. |
| 18.8 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness. |
| 18.9 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad. |
| 18.10 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness. |
| 18.11 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister. |
| 18.12 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister: she is your father’s near kinswoman. |
| 18.13 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister: for she is your mother’s near kinswoman. |
| 18.14 |
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, 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 near kinswomen: it is wickedness. |
| 18.18 |
“‘You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive. |
| 18.19 |
“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. |
| 18.20 |
“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her. |
| 18.21 |
“‘You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh. |
| 18.22 |
“‘You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable. |
| 18.23 |
“‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion. |
| 18.24 |
“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. |
| 18.25 |
The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. |
| 18.26 |
You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; |
| 18.27 |
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled); |
| 18.28 |
that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. |
| 18.29 |
“‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. |
| 18.30 |
Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am Yahweh your God.’” |
