3 Mosebog 18
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Forbud imod seksuelle perversiteter
18 1-2 Herren befalede Moses at sige til Israels folk: „Jeg er Herren, jeres Gud! 3 Derfor må I ikke opføre jer som egypterne, I engang boede iblandt, eller som kana’anæerne, der bor i det land, jeg vil føre jer ind i. I må ikke lade jer påvirke af deres livsførelse. 4 I skal adlyde mine love og forskrifter, for jeg er Herren, jeres Gud. 5 Den, der overholder alle disse love, vil få livet derved. Jeg er Herren!
6 Ingen af jer må have seksuelt samvær med en nær slægtning, siger jeg, Herren. 7-8 Det vil sige: Du må ikke have seksuelt samvær med din mor eller din stedmor. Derved vanærer du din far. 9-11 Du må ikke have seksuelt samvær med din søster eller halvsøster, hvad enten din halvsøster er en datter af din far eller din mor, og hvad enten hun er opvokset sammen med dig eller et andet sted. Du må ikke have seksuelt samvær med dit barnebarn, hvad enten hun er datter af din søn eller af din datter. Hun er jo dit eget kød og blod. 12-14 Det samme gælder din faster, din moster og din farbrors kone. De er nære slægtninge, og du må ikke have noget seksuelt forhold til nogen af dem.
15-16 Du må heller ikke stå i seksuelt forhold til din søns kone eller din brors kone. 17 Du må ikke gifte dig med både en mor og hendes datter eller barnebarn. De er nære slægtninge, og du begår en stor synd ved at have et seksuelt forhold til dem begge. 18 Du må heller ikke gifte dig med to søstre og have et seksuelt forhold til dem begge. Først efter din kones død, kan du gifte dig med hendes søster.
19 Du må ikke have seksuelt samvær med en kvinde under hendes menstruation. 20 Du må ikke gøre dig selv uren ved at have et seksuelt forhold til en anden mands kone.
21 Du må ikke overgive nogen af dine børn til dyrkelsen af afguden Molok, for derved krænker du Herren, din Gud.
22 En mand må ikke have seksuelt samvær med en mand, som hvis det var en kvinde—det er en afskyelighed. 23 En mand må ikke gøre sig uren ved at have seksuel omgang med et dyr. En kvinde må heller ikke hengive sig seksuelt til et dyr—det er perverst og afskyeligt.
24 Pas på ikke at gøre jer selv urene ved nogen af disse ting. De folkeslag, jeg driver bort foran jer, gør den slags ting. 25 Hele Kana’ans land er fuld af den slags perversiteter, og derfor vil jeg straffe befolkningen og landet selv skal spytte dem ud. 26 I skal omhyggeligt adlyde alle mine love og forskrifter, så I ikke gør jer skyldige i nogen af de her afskyelige handlinger. Og mine love gælder både for de indfødte israelitter og de fremmede iblandt jer.
27 De her afskyelige handlinger er længe blevet praktiseret af befolkningen i det land, jeg vil føre jer ind i, og derfor er landet blevet urent. 28 Følg under ingen omstændigheder deres skræmmende eksempel, for hvis I gør det, vil landet også spytte jer ud, nøjagtig som det snart vil spytte de nuværende indbyggere ud. 29 Enhver, som gør sådan noget, skal dø. 30 Sørg derfor for at adlyde mine love, så I ikke optager nogen af den slags afskyelige skikke iblandt jer. Nej, gør jer ikke urene ved at handle som indbyggerne i det land, jeg vil føre jer ind i, for jeg er Herren, jeres Gud.”
Leviticus 18
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Sexual Relations
18 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 Speak to the people 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, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes. 4 My ordinances you shall observe and my statutes you shall keep, following them: I am the Lord your God. 5 You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live: I am the Lord.
6 None of you shall approach anyone near of kin to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord. 7 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is 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 the nakedness of your father. 9 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, 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, for their nakedness is your own nakedness. 11 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten 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 flesh. 13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s flesh. 14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, 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, and you shall not take[a] her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are your[b] flesh; it is depravity. 18 And you shall not take[c] a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
19 You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. 20 You shall not have sexual relations with your kinsman’s wife, and defile yourself with her. 21 You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them[d] to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. 23 You shall not have sexual relations with any animal and defile yourself with it, nor shall any woman give herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it: it is perversion.
24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves. 25 Thus the land became defiled; and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and commit none of these abominations, either the citizen or the alien who resides among you 27 (for the inhabitants of the land, who were before you, committed all of these abominations, and the land became defiled); 28 otherwise the land will vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 For whoever commits any of these abominations shall be cut off from their people. 30 So keep my charge not to commit any of these abominations that were done before you, and not to defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.
Footnotes
- Leviticus 18:17 Or marry
- Leviticus 18:17 Gk: Heb lacks your
- Leviticus 18:18 Or marry
- Leviticus 18:21 Heb to pass them over
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