Leviticus 18

1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2 Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them, —I—Yahweh, am your God: —

'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I [am] Jehovah your God;

3 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, am bringing you in, shall ye not do, And, in their statutes, shall ye not walk:

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 My regulations, shall ye do, And, my statutes, shall ye observe to walk therein, —I—Yahweh, am your God.

'My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I [am] Jehovah your God;

5 Therefore shall ye observe my statutes, and my regulations, Which if the son of earth shall do them, Then shall he live in them, —I, am Yahweh.

and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I [am] Jehovah.

6 No person whatsoever, unto any of the near kin of his own flesh, shall approach to uncover the parts of shame, —I, am Yahweh.

'None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I [am] Jehovah.

7 The shame of thy father, even the shame of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover, —thy mother, she is, thou shalt not uncover her shame.

'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 The shame of thy father’s wife, shalt thou not uncover, —thy father’s shame, it is.

'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it [is] the nakedness of thy father.

9 The shame of thy sister daughter of thy father or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born abroad, thou shalt not uncover their shame.

'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 shame of the daughter of thy son or the daughter of thy daughter, thou shalt not uncover their shame, —for, thine own shame, they are.

'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 The shame of the daughter of thy father’s wife, born to thy father, she being, thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her shame.

'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 The shame of thy father’s sister, shalt thou not uncover, —thy father’s near of kin, she is.

'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she [is] a relation of thy father.

13 The shame of thy mother’s sister, shalt thou not uncover, —for, thy mother’s near of kin, she is.

'The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she [is] thy mother's relation.

14 The shame of thy father’s brother, shalt thou not uncover unto his wife, shalt thou not approach, thine aunt, she is.

'The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she [is] thine aunt.

15 The shame of thy daughter-in-law, shalt thou not uncover, —thy son’s wife, she is, thou shalt not uncover her shame.

'The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she [is] thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

16 The shame of thy brother’s wife, shalt thou not uncover, —the shame of thy brother, it is.

'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it [is] thy brother's nakedness.

17 The shame of a woman, and of her daughter, shalt thou not uncover, —neither the daughter of her son nor the daughter of her daughter, shalt thou take, to uncover her shame, near of kin, they are, wickedness, it is.

'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 And, a woman unto her sister, shalt thou not take, —to cause rivalry, by uncovering her shame besides her own while she is 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 unto a woman during her removal for uncleanness, shalt thou not approach, to uncover her shame.

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

20 And of the wife of thy neighbour, shalt thou not have carnal knowledge, —to commit uncleanness with her.

'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

21 And none of thy seed, shalt thou deliver up, to cause to pass through to Molech, —that thou profane not the name of thy God, I, am Yahweh.

'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, with mankind, shalt thou not lie as with womankind, —an abomination, it is.

'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].

23 And of no beast, shalt thou have carnal knowledge to commit uncleanness therewith, —neither shall a woman present herself to a beast to couch down thereto, —confusion, it is.

'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 make yourselves unclean in any of these things, —For in all these things, have the nations made themselves unclean, whom, I, am sending out from 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 Therefore hath the land become unclean, and I have visited the iniquity thereof upon it, —and the land hath vomited her inhabitants.

and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

26 Ye, therefore, shall observe my statutes and my regulations, and have nothing to do with any of these abominations, —whether the home-born, or the sojourner that sojourneth in your midst;

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, have the men of the land done, who were before you; And so the land hath become unclean:

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

28 So shall the land not vomit you, through your making it unclean, —as it vomited the nation which was 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 whosoever shall have anything to do with any of these abominations, the persons who have, shall be cut off, out of the midst of 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 Therefore shall ye keep my charge, So that ye may have nothing to do with any of the abominable statutes with which they have had to do before you, So shall ye not make yourselves unclean thereby, —I—Yahweh, am 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.'