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‏ Leviticus 18

CHAPTER 18 Laws Regarding Indecency

1 And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to the sons of Israel! And you shall say to them, I am the lord your God. 3 According to the practices of the land of Egypt, in which you sojourned in it, you shall not do. And according to the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I bring you there, you shall not do. And their laws you shall not go by. 4 My judgments you shall execute, and my orders you shall keep, and you shall go by them. I am the lord your God. 5 And you shall keep all my orders, and all my judgments, and you shall observe them; by which [²observing ³them ¹a man] shall live by them. I am the lord your God. 6 The man, a man [³to ⁴any ⁵family member ⁶of his flesh ¹shall not ²draw near] to uncover their indecency. I am the lord. 7 The indecency of your father, and the indecency of your mother you shall not uncover, [⁴mother ¹for ³your ²she is]. Her indecency you shall not uncover. 8 The indecency of a wife of your father you shall not uncover, [³indecency ²your father's ¹it is]. 9 The indecency of your sister of your father or of your mother, natural or being procreated outside, you shall not uncover their indecency. 10 The indecency of a daughter of your son or a daughter of your daughter you shall not uncover their indecency, for [²your ³indecency ¹it is]. 11 The indecency of the daughter [²wife ¹of your father's] you shall not uncover, [³of the same father ²your sister ¹she is], you shall not uncover her indecency. 12 The indecency [²sister ¹of your father's] you shall not uncover, [³a member of the family ¹for ⁴of your father ²she is]. 13 The indecency [²sister ¹of your mother's] you shall not uncover, [³a member of the family ¹for ⁴of your mother ²she is]. 14 The indecency of the brother of your father you shall not uncover, and to his wife you shall not enter, [⁴relative ¹for ³your ²she is]. 15 The indecency of your daughter-in-law you shall not uncover, [⁴wife ¹for ³your son's ²she is], you shall not uncover her indecency. 16 The indecency [²wife ¹of your brother's] you shall not uncover, [³indecency ²your brother's ¹it is]. 17 The indecency of a woman and her daughter you shall not uncover; the daughter of her son and the daughter of her daughter you shall not take to uncover their indecency, [²members of your family ¹they are]; it is an act of impiety. 18 [³a wife ⁴in addition ⁵to her sister ¹You shall not ²take] as a rival, to uncover her indecency instead of her, [²yet ³living ¹while she is]. 19 And to a wife in separation of her uncleanness you shall not enter, to uncover her indecency. 20 And to the wife of your neighbor you shall not give the marriage-bed of your semen, to be thoroughly defiled with her. 21 And of your semen you shall not give to serve a ruler, and you shall not profane the [²name ¹holy]. I am the lord. 22 And with a man you shall not go to bed in a marriage-bed in the feminine way; [³an abomination ¹for ²it is]. 23 And with any four-footed creature, you shall not give your marriage-bed for a discharge of semen to be thoroughly defiled with it. And a woman shall not set herself with any four-footed creature to breed; [³detestable ¹for ²it is]. 24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these; [²in ³all ¹for] these [³were defiled ¹the ²nations], which I eject before your face. 25 And [³was thoroughly defiled ¹the ²land]; and I recompensed injustice to them because of it, and [³is loathed ¹the ²land] with the ones lying in wait upon it. 26 And you shall guard all my laws, and my orders, and [⁹shall not ¹⁰do ¹¹any of ¹²these abominations ¹the ²native inhabitant ³and ⁴the ⁶uniting ⁵foreigner ⁷with ⁸you]. 27 For all these abominations [⁵committed ¹the ²men ³of the ⁴land] -- the ones being prior of you, and [³was defiled ¹the ²land]. 28 And lest [³should loathe ⁴you ¹the ²land] in your defiling it, in which manner it loathed the nations before you, 29 for all who ever should do of all these abominations shall be utterly destroyed -- the souls doing them, from out of the midst of their people. 30 And you shall keep my orders, so that you should not do of any of the laws of the ones being abhorred, which happened before you. And you shall not be defiled among them, for I am the lord your God.