Leviticus 18

1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

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

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I [am] Jehovah your God;

3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein all of you dwelt, shall all of you not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall all of you not do: neither shall all of you walk in their ordinances.

according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.

4 All of you shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

'My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I [am] Jehovah your God;

5 All of you shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah.

6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

'None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I [am] Jehovah.

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

'The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she [is] thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

8 The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.

9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.

'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.

'The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [is] thy nakedness.

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

'The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she [is] a relation of thy father.

13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

'The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she [is] thy mother's relation.

14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.

'The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she [is] thine aunt.

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

'The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she [is] thy son's wife; thou dost 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 thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

'The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they [are] her relations; it [is] wickedness.

18 Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

19 Also you shall not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

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

'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

'And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I [am] Jehovah.

22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].

23 Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

'And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it [is].

24 Defile not all of you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants.

and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

26 All of you shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourns among you:

and ye — ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not [any] of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled; )

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who [are] before you, and the land is defiled),

28 That the land spew not you out also, when all of you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.

and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which [is] before you;

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

for any one who doth [any] of all these abominations — even the persons who are doing [so], have been cut off from the midst of their people;

30 Therefore shall all of you keep mine ordinance, that all of you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that all of you defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do [any] of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I [am] Jehovah your God.'