Leviticus 18

1 and to speak: speak LORD to(wards) Moses to/for to say

Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 to speak: speak to(wards) son: descendant/people Israel and to say to(wards) them I LORD God your

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

3 like/as deed land: country/planet Egypt which to dwell in/on/with her not to make: do and like/as deed land: country/planet Canaan which I to come (in): bring [obj] you there [to] not to make: do and in/on/with statute their not to go: walk

You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

4 [obj] justice: judgement my to make: do and [obj] statute my to keep: obey to/for to go: walk in/on/with them I LORD God your

You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

5 and to keep: obey [obj] statute my and [obj] justice: judgement my which to make: do [obj] them [the] man and to live in/on/with them I LORD

Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

6 man man to(wards) all flesh flesh his not to present: come to/for to reveal: uncover nakedness I LORD

None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

7 nakedness father your and nakedness mother your not to reveal: uncover mother your he/she/it not to reveal: uncover nakedness her

You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

8 nakedness woman: wife father your not to reveal: uncover nakedness father your he/she/it

You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

9 nakedness sister your daughter father your or daughter mother your relatives house: household or relatives outside not to reveal: uncover nakedness their

You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

10 nakedness daughter son: child your or daughter daughter your not to reveal: uncover nakedness their for nakedness your they(fem.)

You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.

11 nakedness daughter woman: wife father your relatives father your sister your he/she/it not to reveal: uncover nakedness her

You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

12 nakedness sister father your not to reveal: uncover flesh father your he/she/it

You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

13 nakedness sister mother your not to reveal: uncover for flesh mother your he/she/it

You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

14 nakedness brother: male-sibling father your not to reveal: uncover to(wards) woman: wife his not to present: come aunt your he/she/it

You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.

15 nakedness daughter-in-law your not to reveal: uncover woman: wife son: child your he/she/it not to reveal: uncover nakedness her

You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

16 nakedness woman: wife brother: male-sibling your not to reveal: uncover nakedness brother: male-sibling your he/she/it

You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

17 nakedness woman and daughter her not to reveal: uncover [obj] daughter son: child her and [obj] daughter daughter her not to take: take to/for to reveal: uncover nakedness her kinswomen they(fem.) wickedness he/she/it

You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

18 and woman: wife to(wards) sister her not to take: marry to/for to rival to/for to reveal: uncover nakedness her upon her in/on/with life her

You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

19 and to(wards) woman in/on/with impurity uncleanness her not to present: come to/for to reveal: uncover nakedness her

You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

20 and to(wards) woman: wife neighbor your not to give: give(marriage) copulation your to/for seed: semen to/for to defile in/on/with her

You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

21 and from seed: children your not to give: give to/for to pass to/for Molech and not to profane/begin: profane [obj] name God your I LORD

You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

22 and [obj] male not to lie down: have sex bed woman abomination he/she/it

You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

23 and in/on/with all animal not to give: give(marriage) copulation your to/for to defile in/on/with her and woman not to stand: put to/for face: before animal to/for to mate her perversion he/she/it

You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

24 not to defile in/on/with all these for in/on/with all these to defile [the] nation which I to send: depart from face: before your

Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

25 and to defile [the] land: country/planet and to reckon: punish iniquity: crime her upon her and to vomit [the] land: country/planet [obj] to dwell her

Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

26 and to keep: obey you(m. p.) [obj] statute my and [obj] justice: judgement my and not to make: do from all [the] abomination [the] these [the] born and [the] sojourner [the] to sojourn in/on/with midst your

But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

27 for [obj] all [the] abomination [the] these to make: do human [the] land: country/planet which to/for face: before your and to defile [the] land: country/planet

For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.

28 and not to vomit [the] land: country/planet [obj] you in/on/with to defile you [obj] her like/as as which to vomit [obj] [the] nation which to/for face: before your

So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

29 for all which to make: do from all [the] abomination [the] these and to cut: eliminate [the] soul: person [the] to make: do from entrails: among kinsman their

Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.

30 and to keep: obey [obj] charge my to/for lest to make: do from statute [the] abomination which to make: do to/for face: before your and not to defile in/on/with them I LORD God your

You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”