Leviticus 18

New American Standard Bible

Laws on Immoral Relations

18 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘^(A)I am the Lord your God. ³You shall not do ^[a]what is ^(B)done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do ^[b]what is ^(C)done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. ⁴You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, ^[c]to live in accord with them; ^(D)I am the Lord your God. ⁵So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, ^(E)which, if ^[d]a person ^[e]follows them, then he will live by them; I am the Lord.

⁶‘None of you shall approach any blood relative ^[f]of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. ⁷^(F)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. ⁸^(G)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. ⁹As for ^(H)the nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. ¹⁰The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for ^[g]their nakedness is yours. ¹¹The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹²^(I)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. ¹³You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. ¹⁴^(J)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. ¹⁵^(K)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹⁶^(L)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. ¹⁷^(M)You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is an outrageous sin. ¹⁸And you shall not ^[h]marry a woman in addition to her sister ^[i]as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

¹⁹‘^(N)Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her ^(O)menstrual impurity. ²⁰And ^(P)you shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. ²¹You shall not give any of your children ^(Q)to ^[j]offer them to Molech, nor shall you ^(R)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. ²²^(S)You shall not sleep with a male as ^[k]one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. ²³^(T)Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to ^[l]mate with it; it is a perversion.

²⁴‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these things ^(U)the nations which I am driving out from you have become defiled. ²⁵For the land has become defiled, ^(V)therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land ^(W)has vomited out its inhabitants. ²⁶But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments, and you shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the stranger who resides among you ²⁷(for the people of the land who were there before you did all these abominations, and the land has become defiled), ²⁸so that the land will not vomit you out should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which was there before you. ²⁹For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. ³⁰So you are to keep ^(X)your ^[m]commitment to Me not to practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves with them; ^(Y)I am the Lord your God.’”

Footnotes

Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of
Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of
Leviticus 18:4 Lit to walk in them
Leviticus 18:5 Lit the person
Leviticus 18:5 Lit does them
Leviticus 18:6 Lit of his flesh
Leviticus 18:10 Lit they are your nakedness
Leviticus 18:18 Lit take
Leviticus 18:18 Lit to be
Leviticus 18:21 Lit make them pass over
Leviticus 18:22 Lit a woman’s bed
Leviticus 18:23 Or lie
Leviticus 18:30 Lit obligation

Psalm 22

New American Standard Bible

A Cry of Anguish and a Song of Praise.

For the music director; upon ^[a]Aijeleth Hashshahar. A Psalm of David.

22 ^(A)My God, my God, why have You forsaken me?
^(B)Far from my ^[b]help are the words of my ^[c]^(C)groaning.
²My God, I ^(D)cry out by day, but You do not answer;
And by night, but ^[d]I have no rest.
³Yet ^(E)You are holy,
You who ^[e]are enthroned upon ^(F)the praises of Israel.
⁴In You our fathers ^(G)trusted;
They trusted and You ^(H)rescued them.
⁵To You they cried out and they fled to safety;
^(I)In You they trusted and were not ^[f]disappointed.

⁶But I am a ^(J)worm and not a person,
A ^(K)disgrace of mankind and ^(L)despised by the people.
⁷All who see me ^(M)deride me;
They ^[g]sneer, they ^(N)shake their heads, saying,
⁸“^[h]Turn ^[i]him over to the Lord; ^(O)let Him save him;
Let Him rescue him, because He delights in him.”

⁹Yet You are He who ^(P)brought me forth from the womb;
You made me trust when upon my mother’s breasts.
¹⁰I was cast upon You ^(Q)from ^[j]birth;
You have been my God from my mother’s womb.

¹¹^(R)Do not be far from me, for ^[k]trouble is near;
For there is ^(S)no one to help.
¹²Many ^(T)bulls have surrounded me;
Strong bulls of ^(U)Bashan have encircled me.
¹³They ^(V)open their mouths wide at me,
As a ravening and roaring ^(W)lion.
¹⁴I am ^(X)poured out like water,
And all my ^(Y)bones are out of joint;
My ^(Z)heart is like wax;
It is melted within ^[l]me.
¹⁵My ^(AA)strength is dried up like a piece of pottery,
And ^(AB)my tongue clings to my jaws;
And You ^(AC)lay me ^[m]in the dust of death.
¹⁶For ^(AD)dogs have surrounded me;
^[n]A band of evildoers has encompassed me;
^[o]They ^(AE)pierced my hands and my feet.
¹⁷I can count all my bones.
^(AF)They look, they stare at me;
¹⁸They ^(AG)divide my garments among them,
And they cast lots for my clothing.

¹⁹But You, Lord, ^(AH)do not be far away;
You who are my help, ^(AI)hurry to my assistance.
²⁰Save my ^[p]soul from ^(AJ)the sword,
My ^(AK)only life from the ^[q]power of the dog.
²¹Save me from the ^(AL)lion’s mouth;
From the horns of the ^(AM)wild oxen You ^(AN)answer me.

²²I will ^(AO)proclaim Your name to my brothers;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
²³^(AP)You who fear the Lord, praise Him;
All you ^[r]descendants of Jacob, ^(AQ)glorify Him,
And ^(AR)stand in awe of Him, all you ^[s]descendants of Israel.
²⁴For He has ^(AS)not despised nor scorned the suffering of the afflicted;
Nor has He ^(AT)hidden His face from him;
But ^(AU)when he cried to Him for help, He heard.

²⁵From You comes ^(AV)my praise in the great assembly;
I shall ^(AW)pay my vows before those who fear Him.
²⁶The ^[t]afflicted will eat and ^(AX)be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will ^(AY)praise the Lord.
May your ^(AZ)heart live forever!
²⁷All the ^(BA)ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the ^(BB)families of the nations will worship before ^[u]You.
²⁸For the ^(BC)kingdom is the Lord’s
And He ^(BD)rules over the nations.
²⁹All the ^[v]^(BE)prosperous of the earth will eat and worship,
All those who ^(BF)go down to the dust will kneel before Him,
Even he who ^[w]^(BG)cannot keep his soul alive.
³⁰A ^[x]^(BH)posterity will serve Him;
It will be told of the Lord to ^(BI)the coming generation.
³¹They will come and ^(BJ)will declare His righteousness
To a people ^(BK)who will be born, that He has performed it.