禁止淫亂的條例

18 耶和華對摩西說: 「你把以下條例告訴以色列人。

「我是你們的上帝耶和華。 你們曾經住在埃及,但不可效法埃及人的行為。我要把你們帶到迦南,但你們不可效法迦南人的行為,不可隨從他們的風俗。 你們必須遵行我的典章,持守我的律例。我是你們的上帝耶和華。 你們要遵守我的典章和律例。遵行的人必存活。我是耶和華。

「你們任何人不可與近親亂倫。我是耶和華。 不可與你母親亂倫而羞辱你父親。她是你的母親,不可與她亂倫。 不可與你父親的妻妾亂倫,那會羞辱你的父親。 不可與你的姊妹亂倫。不論是同父異母的,還是同母異父的,成長在同一家庭,還是不同家庭,都不可與她亂倫。 10 不可與孫女或外孫女亂倫,那會自取羞辱。 11 不可與你父親妻妾的女兒亂倫。她是你的姊妹,不可與她亂倫。 12 不可與姑母亂倫,她是你父親的親人。 13 不可與姨母亂倫,她是你母親的親人。 14 不可與伯母或嬸母亂倫而羞辱你伯父或叔父。 15 不可與兒媳亂倫。她是你兒子的妻子,不可與她亂倫。 16 不可與兄嫂或弟媳亂倫,她是你兄弟的妻子。

17 「不可與一個女人性交,又與她女兒性交,也不可與她孫女或外孫女性交。她們是她的近親。這都是邪惡行為。 18 妻子還在世時,不可娶她的姊妹,與她的姊妹性交,使她們彼此作對。 19 女人在月經期間不潔淨,不可與她性交。 20 不可與鄰居的妻子性交,那會玷污自己。 21 不可把兒女當作祭物獻給假神摩洛,不可褻瀆你上帝的名。我是耶和華。 22 男人不可與男人性交,像和女人一樣,這是可憎的。 23 不可與獸類交合,玷污自己。女人也不可與獸類交合。這是變態行為。

24 「你們不可做這些事玷污自己。因為我要在你們面前趕走的各國正是因為這些行為而玷污了自己。 25 他們居住的土地也都被玷污了,所以我因他們的罪惡而懲罰那片土地,我要使那片土地吐出他們。 26 你們必須遵守我的律例和典章。不論你們還是寄居在你們中間的外族人,都不可做這些可憎之事。 27 因為在你們之前居住在那裡的人做了這些可憎之事,玷污了那片土地。 28 如果你們玷污了那片土地,它也會像吐出從前的居民一樣把你們吐出去。 29 凡做這些可憎之事的,要將他從民中剷除。 30 你們要遵守我的命令,不要效法那片土地上居民的惡俗,以致玷污自己。我是你們的上帝耶和華。」

Forbidden Sexual Practices

18 The Lord told Moses to say to the people of Israel, “I am the Lord your God. Do not follow the practices of the people of Egypt, where you once lived, or of the people in the land of Canaan, where I am now taking you. Obey my laws and do what I command. I am the Lord your God. (A)Follow the practices and the laws that I give you; you will save your life by doing so. I am the Lord.”

The Lord gave the following regulations. Do not have sexual intercourse with any of your relatives. Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with your mother. You must not disgrace your own mother. (B)Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with any of his other wives. (C)Do not have intercourse with your sister or your stepsister, whether or not she was brought up in the same house with you. 10 Do not have intercourse with your granddaughter; that would be a disgrace to you. 11 Do not have intercourse with a half sister; she, too, is your sister. 12-13 (D)Do not have intercourse with an aunt, whether she is your father's sister or your mother's sister. 14 Do not have intercourse with your uncle's wife; she, too, is your aunt. 15 (E)Do not have intercourse with your daughter-in-law 16 (F)or with your brother's wife. 17 (G)Do not have intercourse with the daughter or granddaughter of a woman with whom you have had intercourse; they may be related to you, and that would be incest. 18 Do not take your wife's sister as one of your wives, as long as your wife is living.

19 (H)Do not have intercourse with a woman during her monthly period, because she is ritually unclean. 20 (I)Do not have intercourse with another man's wife; that would make you ritually unclean. 21 (J)Do not hand over any of your children to be used in the worship of the god Molech, because that would bring disgrace on the name of God, the Lord. 22 (K)No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that. 23 (L)No man or woman is to have sexual relations with an animal; that perversion makes you ritually unclean.

24 Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these acts, for that is how the pagans made themselves unclean, those pagans who lived in the land before you and whom the Lord is driving out so that you can go in. 25 Their actions made the land unclean, and so the Lord is punishing the land and making it reject the people who lived there. 26-27 They did all these disgusting things and made the land unclean, but you must not do them. All of you, whether Israelites or foreigners living with you, must keep the Lord's laws and commands, 28 and then the land will not reject you, as it rejected the pagans who lived there before you. 29 You know that whoever does any of these disgusting things will no longer be considered one of God's people.

30 And the Lord said, “Obey the commands I give and do not follow the practices of the people who lived in the land before you, and do not make yourselves unclean by doing any of these things. I am the Lord your God.”