Chapter 18
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 neighbour ’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 amongst 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 amongst their people .
30 Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practise any of these abominable customs which were practised before you , and that you do not defile yourselves with them . I am the LORD your God .’"