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 to the sons of Israel, and say to 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.

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.

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

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

5 So you 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.

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

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

None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover 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, even the nakedness of thy mother, thou shall not uncover. She is thy mother. Thou shall 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. 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 the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shall 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, even their nakedness thou shall not uncover, for theirs is thine own 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 shall not uncover her nakedness.

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

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

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

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

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.

Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother. Thou shall not approach to 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.

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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 defile ye yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you,

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 is defiled. Therefore I visit the iniquity of it upon it, and the land vomits 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:

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,

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

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

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 not vomit you out also, when ye defile it, 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 among their people.

For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do 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.

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.