Leviticus 18
1 And the
LORD spake unto
Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the
children of
Israel, and
say unto them, I am the
LORD your
God. 3 After the
doings of the
land of
Egypt, wherein ye
dwelt, shall ye not
do: and after the
doings of the
land of
Canaan, whither I
bring you, shall ye not
do: neither shall ye
walk in their
ordinances. 4 Ye shall
do my
judgments, and
keep mine
ordinances, to
walk therein: I am the
LORD your
God. 5 Ye shall therefore
keep my
statutes, and my
judgments: which if a
man do, he shall
live in them: I am the
LORD. 6 None of you shall
approach to
any that is
near of
kin to him, to
uncover their
nakedness: I am the
LORD. 7 The
nakedness of thy
father, or the
nakedness of thy
mother, shalt thou not
uncover: she is thy
mother; thou shalt not
uncover her
nakedness. 8 The
nakedness of thy
father's wife shalt thou not
uncover: it is thy
father's nakedness. 9 The
nakedness of thy
sister, the
daughter of thy
father, or
daughter of thy
mother, whether she be
born at
home, or
born abroad, even their
nakedness thou shalt not
uncover.
10 The
nakedness of thy
son's daughter, or of thy
daughter's daughter, even their
nakedness thou shalt not
uncover: for
theirs is thine own
nakedness. 11 The
nakedness of thy
father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy
father, she is thy
sister, thou shalt not
uncover her
nakedness. 12 Thou shalt not
uncover the
nakedness of thy
father's sister: she is thy
father's near
kinswoman. 13 Thou shalt not
uncover the
nakedness of thy
mother's sister: for she is thy
mother's near
kinswoman. 14 Thou shalt not
uncover the
nakedness of thy
father's brother, thou shalt not
approach to his
wife: she is thine
aunt. 15 Thou shalt not
uncover the
nakedness of thy daughter in
law: 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 Thou shalt not
uncover the
nakedness of a
woman and her
daughter, neither shalt thou
take her
son's daughter, or her
daughter's daughter, to
uncover her
nakedness; for they are her near
kinswomen: it is
wickedness. 18 Neither shalt thou
take a
wife to her
sister, to
vex her, to
uncover her
nakedness, beside the other in her
life time.
19 Also thou shalt not
approach unto a
woman to
uncover her
nakedness, as long as she is put
apart for her
uncleanness. 20 Moreover thou shalt
not lie carnally with thy
neighbour's wife, to
defile thyself with her.
21 And thou shalt
not let any of thy
seed pass through the fire to
Molech, neither shalt thou
profane the
name of thy
God: I am the
LORD. 22 Thou shalt not
lie with
mankind, as
with womankind: it is
abomination. 23 Neither shalt
thou lie with any
beast to
defile thyself therewith: neither shall any
woman stand before a
beast to lie
down thereto: it is
confusion. 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these
things: for in all these the
nations are
defiled which I cast
out before you:
25 And the
land is
defiled: therefore I do
visit the
iniquity thereof upon it, and the
land itself vomiteth
out her
inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore
keep my
statutes and my
judgments, and shall not
commit any of these
abominations; neither any of your own
nation, nor any
stranger that
sojourneth among you:
27 (For all
these abominations have the
men of the
land done, which were
before you, and the
land is
defiled;)
28 That the
land spue not you
out also, when ye
defile it, as it spued
out the
nations that were
before you.
29 For whosoever shall
commit any of these
abominations, even the
souls that
commit them shall be cut
off from
among their
people. 30 Therefore shall ye
keep mine
ordinance, that ye
commit not any one of these
abominable customs, which were
committed before you, and that ye
defile not yourselves therein: I am the
LORD your
God.