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Unlawful Sexual Relations

18 Then[a] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites,[b] and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God. You must not carry out[c] the practices of the land of Egypt, in which you lived, and you must not carry out[d] the practices of the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you; and you must not follow their statutes. You must carry out[e] my regulations, and you must observe[f] my statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God. And you shall observe[g] my statutes and my regulations by which the person doing them shall live;[h] I am Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:1 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 18:2 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Leviticus 18:3 Literally “do”
  4. Leviticus 18:3 Literally “do”
  5. Leviticus 18:4 Literally “do”
  6. Leviticus 18:4 Or “keep”
  7. Leviticus 18:5 Or “keep”
  8. Leviticus 18:5 Literally “which the man does them and he shall live in them”