Leviticus 18

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Speak to the sons of Israel, and you have said to them: I [am] your God YHWH;

Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, I am Jehovah your God.

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

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 do My judgments and you keep My statutes, to walk in them; I [am] your God YHWH.

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

5 And you have kept My statutes and My judgments which man does and lives in them; I [am] YHWH.

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

6 None of you draws near to any relation of his flesh to uncover nakedness; I [am] YHWH.

None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him, to uncover nakedness. I am Jehovah.

7 You do not uncover the nakedness of your father and the nakedness of your mother, she [is] your mother; you do 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 do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.

the nakedness of thy father's wife. It is thy father's nakedness.

9 The nakedness of your sister, daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, born at home or born outside—you do not uncover their nakedness.

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 of your daughter’s daughter—you do not uncover their nakedness; for theirs [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 The nakedness of a daughter of your father’s wife, begotten of your father, she [is] your sister—you do 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 do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.

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

13 You do not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she [is] your mother’s relation.

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

14 You do not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you do not draw near to his wife; she [is] your aunt.

Thou shall not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother. Thou shall not approach to his wife. She is thine aunt.

15 You do not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she [is] your son’s wife; you do 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 do 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 You do not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor do you take her son’s daughter and her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they [are] her relations; it [is] wickedness.

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 And you do not take a woman [in addition] to her sister, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

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 do not draw near to a woman in the separation of 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 do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.

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

21 And you do not give from your seed to pass over to the Molech, nor do you defile the Name of your God; I [am] YHWH.

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 do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an abomination.

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

23 And you do not commit your intercourse with any beast, to become unclean with it; and a woman does not stand before a beast to mate with it; it [is] perversion.

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 all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled which I am sending away from 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 defiled, and I charge its iniquity on it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

and the land is defiled. Therefore I visit the iniquity of it upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

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

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

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

28 and the land does not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it has vomited out the nation which [is] 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 anyone who does [any] of all these abominations—even the persons who are doing [so]—have been cut off from the midst of 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 have kept My charge, so as not to do [any] of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and you do not defile yourselves with them; I [am] your God YHWH.”

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.