Leviticus Chapter 18

Leviticus Chapter 18
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and
say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt,
wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and
after the manner of the land of Canaan,
whither I will bring you, shall ye not do,
neither walk in their ordinances,
4 But do after my judgments, and keep
mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am
the Lord your God.
5 Ye shall keep therefore my statutes,
and my judgments, which if a man do, he
shall then live in them: I am the Lord.
6 None shall come near to any of the
kindred of his flesh to
uncover her shame: I am the Lord.
7 Thou shalt not uncover the shame of
thy father, nor the shame of thy mother:
for she is thy mother, thou shalt not
discover her shame. 8 The shame of thy
father’s wife shalt thou not discover: for
it is thy father’s shame.
9 Thou shalt not discover the shame of
thy sister the daughter of thy father, or
the daughter of thy mother, whether she
be born at home, or born without: thou
shalt not discover their shame.
10 The shame of thy son’s daughter, or
of thy daughter’s daughter, thou shalt not,
I say, uncover their shame: for it is thy
shame.
11 The shame of thy father’s wife’s
daughter, begotten of thy father ( for she
is thy sister) thou shalt not, I say,
discover her shame.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the shame of
thy father’s sister: for she is thy father’s
kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not discover the shame of
thy mother’s sister: for she is thy
mother’s kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the shame of
thy father’s brother: that is, thou shalt
not go in to his wife , for she is thine
aunt.
15 Thou shalt not discover the shame of
thy daughter in law: for she is thy son’s
wife: therefore shalt thou not uncover
her shame. 16 Thou shalt not discover
the shame of thy brother’s wife. for it is
thy brother’s shame.
17 Thou shalt not discover the shame of
the wife and of her daughter, neither
shalt thou take her son’s daughter, nor
her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her
shame: for they are thy kinfolks, and it
were wickedness. 18 Also thou shalt not
take a wife with her sister, during her
life, to vex her, in uncovering her shame
upon her.
19 Thou shalt not also go unto a woman
to uncover her shame, as long as she is
put apart for her disease.
20 Moreover, thou shalt not give thy self
to thy neighbor’s wife by carnal
copulation, to be defiled with her.
21 Also thou shalt not give thy children
to offer them unto Molech, neither shalt
thou defile the name of thy God: for I am
the Lord. 22 Thou shalt not lie with the
male as one lieth with a woman: for it is
abomination.
23 Thou shalt not also lie with any beast
to be defiled therewith, neither shall any
woman stand before a beast, to lie down
thereto: for it is abomination. 24 Ye
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 the wickedness thereof upon it,
and the land shall vomit out her
inhabitants.
26 Ye shall keep therefore mine
ordinances, and my judgments, and
commit none of these abominations, as
well he that is of the same country, as the
stranger that sojourneth among you.
27 (For all these abominations have the
men of the land done, which were before
you, and the land is defiled:
28 And shall not the land spew you out if
ye defile it, as it spewed out the people
that were before you?)
29 For whosoever shall commit any of
these abominations, the persons that do
so, shall be cut off from among their
people.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine
ordinances that ye do not any of the
abominable customs, which have been
done before you, and that ye defile not
yourselves therein: for I am the Lord
your God.