Leviticus 18:1-24

New American Standard Bible

Laws on Immoral Relations

18 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(A)I am the Lord your God. ³You shall not do ^[a]what is ^(B)done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do ^[b]what is ^(C)done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. ⁴You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, ^[c]to live in accord with them; ^(D)I am the Lord your God. ⁵So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, ^(E)which, if ^[d]a person ^[e]follows them, then he will live by them; I am the Lord.

⁶‘None of you shall approach any blood relative ^[f]of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. ⁷^(F)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. ⁸^(G)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. ⁹As for ^(H)the nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. ¹⁰The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for ^[g]their nakedness is yours. ¹¹The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹²^(I)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. ¹³You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. ¹⁴^(J)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. ¹⁵^(K)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹⁶^(L)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. ¹⁷^(M)You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is an outrageous sin. ¹⁸And you shall not ^[h]marry a woman in addition to her sister ^[i]as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

¹⁹‘^(N)Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her ^(O)menstrual impurity. ²⁰And ^(P)you shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. ²¹You shall not give any of your children ^(Q)to ^[j]offer them to Molech, nor shall you ^(R)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. ²²^(S)You shall not sleep with a male as ^[k]one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. ²³^(T)Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to ^[l]mate with it; it is a perversion.