Leviticus 18
1AGAIN the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2Speak to the children of Israel; and thou shalt say unto them, I the Lord am your God;
3you shall not do according to the customs of Egypt, in which you sojourned; nor shall you do according to the customs of the land of Chanaan, to which I am leading you; you shall not walk by their ordinances.
4You shall execute My judgments, and keep My statutes, and walk by them; I the Lord am your God,
5therefore you shall keep all My commandments, and all My judgments, and execute them, which if a man do he shall live thereby.
6I the Lord am your God; no man, be he who he may, shall approach to near relations of his own flesh to uncover their nakedness. I am the Lord;
7the nakedness of thy father, that is the nakedness of thy mother, thou shalt not uncover; for she is thy mother, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8The nakedness of thy father’s wife thou shalt not uncover; for it is thy father’s nakedness.
9The nakedness of thy sister by the same father or by the same mother, whether born at home or born abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover, for it is thy own nakedness.
11The nakedness of the daughter of thy father’s wife thou shalt not uncover; being of the same father she is thy sister: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12The nakedness of thy father’s sister thou shalt not uncover, for she is thy father’s near kinswoman.
13The nakedness of thy mother’s sister thou shalt not uncover; for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
14The nakedness of thy father’s brother thou shalt not uncover; thou shalt not go in unto his wife for she is thy near relation.
15The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou shalt not uncover; for she is thy son’s wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16The nakedness of thy brother’s wife thou shalt not uncover, it is the nakedness of thy brother.
17The nakedness of a wife and of her daughter thou shalt not uncover. Thou shalt not take thy son’s daughter, nor thy daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; for they are thy near kinswomen. It is wickedness.
18In addition to a sister thou shalt not take to wife a rival sister to uncover her nakedness while her sister is still living.
19And thou shalt not approach to a wife during the time of her separation for uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness:
20and with thy neighbour’s wife thou shall not lie carnally to defile thyself with her.
21Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to serve an Archon; nor shalt thou profane the holy name I the Lord.
22Thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman; for it is an abomination.
23Nor shalt thou lie with any beast to pollute thyself with it; nor shall a woman be exposed to any beast to be pressed by it; for it is horrible.
24Be not polluted with any such things; for with all such things have those nations been polluted, which I drive out before you,
25and the land hath been polluted, and for its sake I have retributed to them their iniquity, and the land is become a mortal enemy to them who dwell therein.
26You therefore shall keep all my institutions and all my ordinances; and none of you, neither the native, nor the proselyte who dwelleth among you, shall commit any of these abominations,
27which the men of the country who were before you have committed, and by which the land hath been polluted;
28that the land may not become a mortal enemy to you when you pollute it; as it hath been to those nations which were before you.
29For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, the persons who shall commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30Therefore you shall keep My ordinances that you may not practise any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you. You shall not pollute yourselves with them: for I the Lord am your God.