Leviticus 18

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to 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 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.

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 You shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: 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 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.

and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth 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 unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near 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 and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she [is] thy mother; thou dost 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 the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.

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, 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 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: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; 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 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, for she is near akin to your father.

'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 near akin to your mother.

'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, and you shall not go in to his wife; for she is your relation.

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

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

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

20 And you shall not lie with your neighbor'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 give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; 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 And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an 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 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 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 Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive 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 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, and I charge its iniquity 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:

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 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 [are] 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.

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 whoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed 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 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 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.'