Leviticus 18

1 And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying,

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto 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.

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

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

Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: 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.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I [am] the LORD.

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 that is near of kin to him, 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.

The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt 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 shalt thou not uncover: 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 daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt 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 shalt 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 shalt 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 shalt 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 shalt 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 shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt 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 shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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

Thou shalt 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 shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness.

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.

Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside 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.

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

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

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’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 shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.

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

Thou shalt 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.

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion.

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;

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast 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 defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her 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 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 sojourneth 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 have the men of the land done, which [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 spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] 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 whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [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 shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I [am] the LORD your God.