Leviticus 18 — ENGLXXUP

18 Verse 1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ^{Verse 2} Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God. ^{Verse 3} Ye shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land of Canaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in their ordinances. ^{Verse 4} Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 6} No man shall draw nigh to any of his near kindred to uncover their nakedness; I am the Lord. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 8} Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s wife; it is thy father’s nakedness. ^{Verse 9} The nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. ^{Verse 10} The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or thy daughter’s daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; because it is thy nakedness. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 12} Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister, for she is near akin to thy father. ^{Verse 13} Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, for she is near akin to thy mother. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 16} Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 19} And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness. ^{Verse 20} And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her. ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 22} And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination. ^{Verse 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 connection with it; for it is an abomination. ^{Verse 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, ^{Verse 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. ^{Verse 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 ^{Verse 27} (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled), ^{Verse 28} and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you. ^{Verse 29} For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people. ^{Verse 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.