Prohibited Pagan Practices

18 The Lord spoke to Moses: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the Lord your God.(A) Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt,(B) where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan,(C) where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.(D) You are to practice my ordinances(E) and you are to keep my statutes(F) by following them; I am the Lord your God. Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live(G) if he does them.(H) I am the Lord.

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Sexual Relations with Relatives Prohibited

18 The Lord told Moses, “Tell the Israelis that I am the Lord your God. You are not to do what you used to do in the land of Egypt where you lived. You are not to do what Canaan does, where I’m about to bring you, so that you live according to their statutes. Obey[a] my ordinances and keep my statutes by living by them. I am the Lord your God. Keep my statutes and my ordinances, which a person[b] is to obey in order to live in them. I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:4 Lit. do
  2. Leviticus 18:5 Lit. man