Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

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

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.

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

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs.

4 You shall observe my judgements, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I [am] the Lord your God.

Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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

And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.

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

No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah.

7 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, for she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

9 The nakedness of your sister by your father or by your mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad — their nakedness shalt thou not uncover.

10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; because it is your nakedness.

The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter — their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy nakedness.

11 You shall not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife; she is your sister by the same father: you shall not uncover her nakedness.

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

12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister, for she is near akin to your father.

The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.

13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is near akin to your mother.

The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation.

14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, and you shall not go in to his wife; for she is your relation.

The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt.

15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.

17 The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shall you not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter, shall you not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are your kinswomen: it is impiety.

The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness.

18 You shall 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 thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

19 And you shall not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.

And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

20 And you shall not lie with your neighbour's wife, to defile yourself with her.

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

21 And you shall not give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord.

And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

22 And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.

23 Neither shall you 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 thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

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,

Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out 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 hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

26 And you shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

27 (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled, )

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);

28 and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you.

that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

29 For whoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from amongst their people.

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

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

And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.