Leviticus 18

Revised Geneva Translation

18 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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 of the land of Egypt, wherein you dwelt. And you shall not do after the manner of the land of Canaan, where I will bring you, nor walk in their ordinances.

⁴ ‘Do after My Judgments. And keep My Ordinances, to walk therein. I am the LORD your God.

⁵ ‘Therefore, you shall keep My statutes and My judgments. Which, if a man does, he shall then live in them. I am the LORD.

⁶ ‘No one shall come near any of the kindred of his flesh, to uncover her 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 she is born at home or born outside the home. You shall not uncover their nakedness.

¹⁰ ‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, you shall not, I say, uncover their nakedness. For it is your nakedness.

¹¹ ‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of your father (she is your sister) you shalt not, I say, uncover her nakedness.

¹² ‘You shall not uncover the shame of your father’s sister. She is your father’s kinswoman.

¹³ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s kinswoman.

¹⁴ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not go in to 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 the wife and of her daughter. Nor shall you take her son’s daughter, nor her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are kinsfolk. It is wickedness.

¹⁸ ‘Also, you shall not take a wife with her sister (during her life), to be her rival in uncovering her nakedness upon her.

¹⁹ ‘You shall not also go to a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is isolated for her impurity.

²⁰ ‘Moreover, you shall not give yourself to your neighbor’s wife by carnal copulation, to be defiled with her.

²¹ ‘Also, you shall not give your children as an offering to Molech. Nor shall you defile the Name of your God. I am the LORD.

²² ‘You shall not lie with the male as one lies with a woman. It is abomination.

²³ ‘Also, you shall not lie with any beast, to be defiled with it. Nor shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down with it. It is abomination.

²⁴ ‘You shall not defile yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the Nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you.

²⁵ ‘And the land is defiled. Therefore, I will visit its wickedness upon it, and the land shall vomit out her inhabitants.

²⁶ ‘Therefore, you shall keep My Ordinances and My Judgments and commit none of these abominations (he who is of the same country, as well as the stranger who sojourns among you).

²⁷ ‘For the men of the land have done all these abominations which were before you. And the land is defiled.

²⁸ ‘And shall not the land spew you out if you defile it, as it spewed out the people who were before you?

²⁹ ‘For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, the people that do shall be cut off from among their people.

³⁰ ‘Therefore, you shall keep My Ordinances, so that you do not do any of the abominable customs which have been done before you, and so that you do not defile yourselves therein. I am the LORD your God.’”