Leviticus 18
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,
2 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
3 You must not do the things that the people do in Egypt, where you lived previously. You must not do the things that the people do in Canaan, the land to which I am taking you. Do not follow their customs.
After the doings of the Land of Egypt, wherein ye have dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you, shall ye not do; and in their customs shall ye not walk.
4 My laws are what you must do, and my commandments are what you must keep, so that you walk in them, because I am Yahweh your God.
My ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
5 Therefore you must keep my decrees and my laws. If a person obeys them, he will live because of them. I am Yahweh.
And ye shall keep my statutes, and my ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
6 No one must sleep with any close relative to uncover his nakedness. I am Yahweh.
None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
7 Do not dishonor your father by sleeping with your mother. She is your mother! You must not dishonor her.
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 Do not sleep with any of your father's wives; you must not dishonor your father like that.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 Do not sleep with any sister of yours, whether she is the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, whether she was raised at your home or distant from you. You must not sleep with your sisters.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, —even the nakedness of any of these shalt thou not uncover.
10 Do not sleep with your son's daughter or with your daughter's daughter. That would be your own shame.
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, —even the nakedness of any of these, shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy own nakedness.
11 Do not sleep with your father's wife's daughter, who was born of your father. She is your sister, and you must not sleep with her.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, —thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Do not sleep with your father's sister. She is a close relative to your father.
The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Do not sleep with your mother's sister. She is a close relative to your mother.
The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Do not dishonor the brother of your father by sleeping with his wife. Do not go near her for that purpose; she is your aunt.
The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover: his wife shalt thou not approach, she is thy aunt.
15 Do not sleep with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not sleep with her.
The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Do not sleep with your brother's wife; do not dishonor him in this way.
The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Do not sleep with a woman and her daughter, or with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are close relatives to her, and sleeping with them would be wicked.
The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover: her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter shalt thou not take, to uncover her nakedness; for they are near kinswomen; it is incest.
18 You must not marry your wife's sister as a second wife and sleep with her while your first wife is alive.
And a woman together with her sister shalt thou not take, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other, in her lifetime.
19 Do not sleep with a woman during her menstruation. She is unclean during that time.
And a woman in the separation of her uncleanness shalt thou not approach, to uncover her nakedness.
20 Do not sleep with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her in this way.
And with thy neighbor's wife shalt thou not lie carnally, to defile thyself with her.
21 You must not give any of your children to put them into the fire, so that you sacrifice them to Molech, because you must not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
And any of thy seed shalt thou not let pass through [the fire] to Molech, and thou shalt not profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord.
22 Do not sleep with other men as with a woman. This would be wicked.
And with a man shalt thou not lie, as with a woman: it is an abomination.
23 Do not sleep with any animal and defile yourself with it. No woman must consider sleeping with any animal. This would be perversion.
And with any beast shalt thou not lie to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these ways the nations are defiled, the nations that I will drive out from before you.
Do not defile yourselves through any of these things.; for through all these have become defiled the nations which I cast out before you:
25 The land became defiled, so I punished their sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
And the land became defiled; wherefore I have visited its iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomited out its inhabitants.
26 You, therefore, must keep my commandments and decrees, and you must not do any of these detestable things, neither the native-born Israelite nor the foreigner who lives among you.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, and ye shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;
27 For this is the wickedness that the people in the land have committed, those who lived here before you, and now the land is defiled.
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath become defiled; )
28 Therefore be careful so that the land does not vomit you up also after you have defiled it, as it vomited out the people who were before you.
That the land may not vomit you out also, when ye defile it, as it hath vomited out the nations that were before you.
29 Whoever does any of these detestable things, the persons who do such things will be cut off from among 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 Therefore you must keep my command not to practice any of these detestable customs which were practiced here before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am Yahweh your God.'”
Therefore shall ye keep my charge, so that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye do not defile yourselves therewith: I am the Lord your God.
