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 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.

After the doings of the land of Egypt, in which ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, where 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 perform my judgments, and keep my ordinances, to 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.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man doeth, 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 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 thy 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 by 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 thy 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 to 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 with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down with it: 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 its iniquity upon it, and the land itself spueth 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, 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 may not spue 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 whoever 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 my ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves in them: I am the LORD your God.