Leviticus 18:1WEB
Yahweh said to Moses,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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LeviticusWEB
Leviticus 18:1WEB
Yahweh said to Moses,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:2WEB
“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:3WEB
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.
Leviticus 18:4WEB
You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am Yahweh your God.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:5WEB
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:6WEB
“‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:7WEB
“‘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.
Leviticus 18:8WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
Leviticus 18:9WEB
“‘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.
Leviticus 18:10WEB
“‘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.
Leviticus 18:11WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
Leviticus 18:12WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.
Leviticus 18:13WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.
Leviticus 18:14WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.
Leviticus 18:15WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:16WEB
“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.
Leviticus 18:17WEB
“‘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.
Leviticus 18:18WEB
“‘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.
Leviticus 18:19WEB
“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
Leviticus 18:20WEB
“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
Leviticus 18:21WEB
“‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Leviticus 18:22WEB
“‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.
Leviticus 18:23WEB
“‘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.
Leviticus 18:24WEB
“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
Leviticus 18:25WEB
The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
Leviticus 18:26WEB
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
Leviticus 18:27WEB
(for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),
Leviticus 18:28WEB
that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
Leviticus 18:29WEB
“‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
Leviticus 18:30WEB
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 Yahweh your God.’”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.