[[Leviticus 17|<< Leviticus 17]] | [[Leviticus|Leviticus]] | [[Leviticus 19|Leviticus 19 >>]] ### Leviticus 18 1 AND the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying, ^1 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. ^2 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. ^3 4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I _am_ the LORD your God. ^4 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I _am_ the LORD. ^5 6 ¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover _their_ nakedness: I _am_ the LORD. ^6 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. ^7 8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it _is_ thy father's nakedness. ^8 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. ^9 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. ^10 11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she _is_ thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^11 12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she _is_ thy father's near kinswoman. ^12 13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she _is_ thy mother's near kinswoman. ^13 14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she _is_ thine aunt. ^14 15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she _is_ thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. ^15 16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it _is_ thy brother's nakedness. ^16 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. ^17 18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex _her_, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life _time_. ^18 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. ^19 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. ^20 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. ^21 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it _is_ abomination. ^22 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. ^23 24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: ^24 25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants. ^25 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 sojourns among you: ^26 27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which _were_ before you, and the land is defiled;) ^27 28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that _were_ before you. ^28 29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit _them_ shall be cut off from among their people. ^29 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. ^30