Leviticus 18

1 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.

Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God.

3 Ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Egypt, in which ye dwelt, and ye shall not do after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, nor shall ye walk in their statutes.

You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules.

4 Ye shall do my ordinances, and ye shall keep my statutes, to walk therein. I am Jehovah your God.

But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God.

5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Jehovah.

So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord.

6 None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover nakedness. I am Jehovah.

You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord.

7 The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, thou shall not uncover. She is thy mother. Thou shall not uncover her nakedness,

You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her.

8 the nakedness of thy father's wife. It is thy father's nakedness.

And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's.

9 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 shall not uncover.

You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country.

10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shall not uncover, for theirs is thine own nakedness.

You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself;

11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shall not uncover her nakedness.

Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister.

12 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister. She is thy father's near kinswoman.

You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation.

13 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation.

14 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother. Thou shall not approach to his wife. She is thine aunt.

You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family;

15 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law. She is thy son's wife. Thou shall not uncover her nakedness.

Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her.

16 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife. It is thy brother's nakedness.

You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's.

17 Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. Thou shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is iniquity.

You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame.

18 And thou shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time.

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

And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time.

20 And thou shall not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

21 And thou shall not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall thou profane the name of thy God. I am Jehovah.

And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord.

22 Thou shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind. It is abomination.

You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

23 And thou shall not lie with any beast to defile thyself with it, nor shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it. It is a perversion.

And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.

24 Do not defile ye yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you,

Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

25 and the land is defiled. Therefore I visit the iniquity of it upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.

26 Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourns among you,

So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and the land is defiled),

(For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them; )

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

So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you.

29 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people.

30 Therefore ye shall keep my charge, that ye not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that ye not defile yourselves in it. I am Jehovah your God.

So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God.