Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I [am] the Lord your God.

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

3 Ye shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in their ordinances.

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 observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I [am] the Lord 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 So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord your God.

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

6 No man shall draw nigh to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I [am] the Lord.

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

7 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt 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 Thou shalt not uncover 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 by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt 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 thy daughter's daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; because it is thy nakedness.

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

11 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of thy father's wife; she is thy sister by the same father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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

12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father.

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

13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is near akin to thy mother.

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

14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for she is thy relation.

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

15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son's wife, thou shalt 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 shalt 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 The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter, shalt thou not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are thy kinswomen: it is impiety.

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 Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.

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 shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

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 shalt not lie with thy neighbour'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 shalt not give of thy seed to serve a ruler; and thou shalt not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord.

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 And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

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

23 Neither shalt thou lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.

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 yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out 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 polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

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 And ye shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with 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 did who were before you, and the land was 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 and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations 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 whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people.

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

30 And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I [am] the Lord 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.