Leviticus 18:1-30

Bible Text

[1] Yahweh said to Moses, [2] "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God. [3] You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes. [4] You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God. [5] You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh. [6] "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh. [7] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness. [8] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness. [9] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad. [10] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness. [11] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister. "' [12] You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman. [13] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman. [14] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt. [15] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness. [16] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness. [17] "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness. [18] "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive. [19] "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. [20] "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her. [21] "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am Yahweh. [22] "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestible. [23] "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion. [24] "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. [25] The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomitted out her inhabitants. [26] You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; [27] (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled); [28] that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. [29] "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. [30] Therefore you shall keep my charge, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your God.'"

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Leviticus 18:1-30 mentions Canaan and Egypt.

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