Lev 18:1 And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
Lev 18:2 “Speak to the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘I am יהוה your
Elohim.
Lev 18:3 ‘Do not do as they do in the land of Mitsrayim, where you dwelt.
And do not do as they do in the land of Kena‛an, where I am bringing you,
and do not walk in their laws.
Lev 18:4 ‘Do My right-rulings and guard My laws, to walk in them. I am יהוה
your Elohim.
Lev 18:5 ‘And you shall guard My laws and My right-rulings, which a man
does and lives by them. I am יהוה.
Lev 18:6 ‘No one is to approach anyone of his own flesh to uncover his
nakedness. I am יהוה.
Lev 18:7 ‘The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you
do not uncover. She is your mother, you do not uncover her nakedness.
Lev 18:8 ‘The nakedness of your father’s wife you do not uncover, it is your
father’s nakedness.
Lev 18:9 ‘The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the
daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness
you do not uncover.
Lev 18:10 ‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s
daughter, their nakedness you do not uncover, for theirs is your own
nakedness.
Lev 18:11 ‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, brought forth by
your father, she is your sister, you do not uncover her nakedness.
Lev 18:12 ‘The nakedness of your father’s sister you do not uncover, she is
your father’s flesh.
Lev 18:13 ‘The nakedness of your mother’s sister you do not uncover, for
she is your mother’s flesh.
Lev 18:14 ‘The nakedness of your father’s brother you do not uncover, you
do not approach his wife, she is your aunt.
Lev 18:15 ‘The nakedness of your daughter-in-law you do not uncover, she
is your son’s wife, you do not uncover her nakedness.
Lev 18:16 ‘The nakedness of your brother’s wife you do not uncover, it is
your brother’s nakedness.
Lev 18:17 ‘The nakedness of a woman and her daughter you do not uncover,
nor do you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her
nakedness. They are her relatives – it is wickedness.
Lev 18:18 ‘And do not take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her
nakedness while the other is alive.
Lev 18:19 ‘And do not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness in her
monthly separation of uncleanness.
Lev 18:20 ‘And do not have intercourse with the wife of your neighbour, to
defile yourself with her.
Lev 18:21 ‘And do not give any of your offspring to pass through to Moleḵ.
And do not profane the Name of your Elohim. I am יהוה.
Lev 18:22 ‘And do not lie with a male as with a woman, it is an
abomination.
Lev 18:23 ‘And do not have intercourse with any beast, to defile yourself
with it. And a woman does not stand before a beast to mate with it, it is a
perversion.
Lev 18:24 ‘Do not defile yourselves with all these, for by all these the
nations are defiled, which I am driving out before you.
Lev 18:25 ‘Thus the land became defiled, therefore I punished it for its
crookedness, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
Lev 18:26 ‘But you, you shall guard My laws and My right-rulings, and not
do any of these abominations, the native nor stranger who sojourns among
you,
Lev 18:27 because the men of the land who were before you have done all
these abominations, and thus the land became defiled,
Lev 18:28 ‘So let not the land vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out
the nations that were before you.
Lev 18:29 ‘For whoever does any of these abominations, those beings who
do them shall be cut off from among their people.
Lev 18:30 ‘And you shall guard My Charge, so as not to do any of these
abominable practices which were done before you, so as not to defile
yourselves by them. I am יהוה your Elohim.’ ”