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“None of you shall approach anyone near of kin to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord. 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.(A) You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is the nakedness of your father. 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.(B) 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, born in your father’s house, since she is your sister. 12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.(C) 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.(D) 15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.(E) 16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.(F) 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.(G) 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.(H) 20 You shall not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.(I) 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.(J) 22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.(K) 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.(L)

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  1. 18.17 Or marry
  2. 18.17 Gk: Heb lacks your
  3. 18.18 Or marry
  4. 18.21 Heb to pass them over

“You are not to come near(A) any close relative[a] for sexual intercourse;(B) I am Yahweh. You are not to shame your father(C) by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her. You are not to have sex with your father’s wife;(D) it will shame your father.(E) 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, because it will shame your family.[b] 11 You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter,[c] 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 shame your father’s brother by coming near 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; it will shame your brother.(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 come near(O) a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.(P) 20 You are not to have sexual intercourse with[e] your neighbor’s wife, defiling yourself with her.(Q)

21 “You are not to make any of your children pass through the fire to Molech.(R) Do not profane the name(S) of your God; I am Yahweh. 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[f] 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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  1. Leviticus 18:6 Lit any flesh of his flesh
  2. Leviticus 18:10 Lit because they are your nakedness
  3. Leviticus 18:11 This must refer to a daughter from a previous marriage.
  4. Leviticus 18:11 Lit daughter, a relative of
  5. Leviticus 18:20 Lit to give your emission of semen to
  6. Leviticus 18:23 Lit to give your emission to