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18 Yahweh said to Moses, “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes. You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am Yahweh your God. You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.

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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”