Leviticus 18
1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the children of Israel, and
thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God.
3 Ye shall not do according to the
devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land
of Chanaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in
their ordinances. 4 Ye shall observe
my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I
am the Lord your God.
5 So ye shall keep all my ordinances,
and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I
am the Lord your God.
6 No man shall draw nigh to any of his
near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I am the
Lord. 7 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy
mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness
of thy father's wife; it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister by thy
father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt
not uncover. 10 The nakedness of thy
son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not
uncover; because it is thy nakedness.
11 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of the daughter of thy father's wife; she is thy sister by the same
father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is near akin to thy mother.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy father's brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for
she is thy relation. 15 Thou shalt
not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son's wife,
thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the
nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 The nakedness of a woman and her
daughter shalt thou not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's
daughter, shalt thou not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are thy
kinswomen: it is impiety. 18 Thou
shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her
nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living.
19 And thou shalt not go in to a
woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness.
20 And thou shalt not lie with thy
neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt not give of thy
seed to serve a ruler; and thou shalt not profane my holy name; I
am the Lord.
22 And thou shalt not lie with a man
as with a woman, for it is an abomination.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any
quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman
present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an
abomination. 24 Do not defile
yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are
defiled, which I drive out before you,
25 and the land is polluted; and I
have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is
aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.
26 And ye shall keep all my statutes
and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the
native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:
27 (for all these abominations the
men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)
28 and lest the land be aggrieved
with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before
you. 29 For whosoever shall do any of
these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their
people. 30 And ye shall keep mine
ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have
taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I
am the Lord your God.