Leviticus 18

¹ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ² “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.

³ “‘You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived; and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. ⁴ You shall do my ordinances, and keep my statutes, and walk in them. I am Yahweh your God. ⁵ You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.

⁶ “‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness. I am Yahweh.

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, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.

¹⁰ “‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover; 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. You shall not uncover her nakedness. 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 woman to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.

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 offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.

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. Neither shall any woman stand before 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 native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; ²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you did all these abominations, and the land was 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 command, that you don’t practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you don’t defile yourselves with them. I am Yahweh your God.’”