Leviticus 18

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the Lord 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 children of Israel, and you shall say to them, I [am] the Lord 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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

8 You do not uncover the nakedness of the wife of your father; it [is] the nakedness of your father.

You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your 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 your sister by your father or by your mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness you 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 your son's daughter, or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; because it is your 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.

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.

12 You do not uncover the nakedness of a sister of your father; she [is] a relation of your father.

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

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

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

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

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.

15 You do not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she [is] your son’s wife; you do not uncover her nakedness.

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

16 You do not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it [is] your brother’s nakedness.

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

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.

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.

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.

19 And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

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

20 And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.

And you shall not lie with your neighbour's wife, to defile yourself 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 you shall not give of your seed to serve a ruler; and you shall not profane my holy name; I [am] the Lord.

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

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

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.

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 yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out 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 polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

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,

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:

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 did who were before you, and the land was 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;

and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations 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, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from amongst 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.”

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.