Leviticus 18:6-23
New Living Translation
6 “You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the Lord.
7 “Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8 “Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.
9 “Do not have sexual relations with your sister or half sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born into your household or someone else’s.
10 “Do not have sexual relations with your granddaughter, whether she is your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for this would violate yourself.
11 “Do not have sexual relations with your stepsister, the daughter of any of your father’s wives, for she is your sister.
12 “Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister, for she is your father’s close relative.
13 “Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
14 “Do not violate your uncle, your father’s brother, by having sexual relations with his wife, for she is your aunt.
15 “Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, so you must not have sexual relations with her.
16 “Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife, for this would violate your brother.
17 “Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not take[a] her granddaughter, whether her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives, and this would be a wicked act.
18 “While your wife is living, do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with her, for they would be rivals.
19 “Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity.
20 “Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife.
21 “Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord.
22 “Do not practice homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
23 “A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal. And a woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. This is a perverse act.
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- 18:17 Or do not marry.
Leviticus 18:6-23
Christian Standard Bible
6 “You are not to come near(A) any close relative[a] for sexual intercourse;(B) I am the Lord. 7 You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father(C) and mother.[b] She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. 8 You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;(D) she is your father’s family.(E) 9 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s,(F) whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her. 10 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for they are your family.[c] 11 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by[d] your father; she is your sister. 12 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister;(G) she is your father’s close relative. 13 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister,(H) for she is your mother’s close relative. 14 You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to[e] your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.(I) 15 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law.(J) She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her. 16 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s family.(K) 17 You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter.(L) You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.(M) 18 You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.(N)
19 “You are not to approach(O) a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.(P) 20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[f] your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.(Q)
21 “You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire[g] to Molech.(R) Do not profane the name(S) of your God; I am the Lord. 22 You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman;(T) it is detestable.(U) 23 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[h] any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it;(V) it is a perversion.
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- 18:6 Lit any flesh of his flesh
- 18:7 Lit Do not uncover your father’s nakedness and your mother’s nakedness
- 18:10 Lit because they are your nakedness
- 18:11 Lit daughter, a relative of
- 18:14 Lit Do not uncover the nakedness of
- 18:20 Lit to give your emission of semen to
- 18:21 Lit to make any of your children pass through the fire
- 18:23 Lit to give your emission to
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