1 The LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say
to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.
3 You shall not do as they do in the land
of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do
as they do in the land of Canaan, where I
am bringing you. You shall not follow their
statutes.
4 You shall do my ordinances. You shall
keep my statutes and walk in them. I am
the LORD your God.
5 You shall therefore keep my statutes
and my ordinances, which if a man does,
he shall live in them. I am the LORD.
6 “ ‘None of you shall approach any close
relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am
the LORD.
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 in addition
to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her
nakedness, while her sister is still 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
as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not
profane the name of your God. I am the
LORD.†
22 “ ‘You shall not lie with a man as with
a woman. That is detestable.
23 “ ‘You shall not lie with any animal to
defile yourself with it. No woman may 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 vomited out
her inhabitants.
26 You therefore shall keep my statutes
and my ordinances, and shall not do any
of these abominations; neither the nativeborn,
nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner
among you
27 (for the men of the land that were before
you had done all these abominations,
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 requirements,
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 the
LORD your God.’ ”
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