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1 The
LORD said to
Moses,
2 “Speak
to the children
of Israel, and
say to them, ‘I
am the LORD
your God.
3 You
shall not do
as they do
in the land of
Egypt, where you
lived. You shall
not do as
they do in
the land of Canaan,
where I am bringing
you. You shall
not follow their
statutes.
4 You
shall do my
ordinances. You
shall keep my
statutes and walk
in them. I
am the LORD
your God.
5 You
shall therefore
keep my statutes
and my ordinances,
which if a man
does, he shall
live in them.
I am the
LORD.
6 “ ‘None
of you shall
approach any close
relatives, to
uncover their
nakedness: I am
the LORD.
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.
10 “ ‘You
shall not uncover
the nakedness of
your son’s
daughter, or of
your daughter’s
daughter, even
their nakedness;
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.
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 wife in
addition to
her sister, to be
a rival, to
uncover her
nakedness, while
her sister is still
alive.
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
children as
a sacrifice to
Molech. You shall
not profane the
name of your
God. I am
the LORD.
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. No woman
may give herself
to 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
had done all
these abominations,
and the land
became 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 requirements, that
you do not
practice any of
these abominable
customs which were
practiced before
you, and that
you do not
defile yourselves
with them. I
am the LORD
your God.’ ”