Unlawful Sexual Relations

18 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, (A)I am the Lord your God. (B)You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and (C)you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. (D)You shall follow my rules[a] and keep my statutes and walk in them. (E)I am the Lord your God. (F)You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; (G)if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

“None of you shall approach any one of his close relatives to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 18:4 Or my just decrees; also verse 5

Unlawful Sexual Relations

18 The Lord said to Moses, “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God.(A) You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(B) You must obey my laws(C) and be careful to follow my decrees.(D) I am the Lord your God.(E) Keep my decrees and laws,(F) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(G) I am the Lord.

“‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

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18 And you shall not take a woman as a (A)rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness (B)while her sister is still alive.

19 (C)“You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness. 20 (D)And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor's wife and so make yourself unclean with her. 21 You shall not give any of your children to (E)offer them[a] to (F)Molech, and so (G)profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22 (H)You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination. 23 (I)And you shall not lie with any animal and so make yourself unclean with it, neither shall any woman give herself to an animal to lie with it: it is (J)perversion.

24 (K)“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, (L)for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean, 25 and the (M)land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land (N)vomited out its inhabitants. 26 But (O)you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the (P)native or the stranger who sojourns among you 27 (for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean), 28 lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. 29 For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 (Q)So keep my charge never to practice (R)any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: (S)I am the Lord your God.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Leviticus 18:21 Hebrew to make them pass through [the fire]

18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(A) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

19 “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness(B) of her monthly period.(C)

20 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife(D) and defile yourself with her.

21 “‘Do not give any of your children(E) to be sacrificed to Molek,(F) for you must not profane the name of your God.(G) I am the Lord.(H)

22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;(I) that is detestable.(J)

23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.(K)

24 “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you(L) became defiled.(M) 25 Even the land was defiled;(N) so I punished it for its sin,(O) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.(P) 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws.(Q) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land,(R) it will vomit you out(S) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

29 “‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people. 30 Keep my requirements(T) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.(U)’”

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26 (A)You shall be holy to me, (B)for I the Lord am holy and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be mine.

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26 You are to be holy to me(A) because I, the Lord, am holy,(B) and I have set you apart from the nations(C) to be my own.

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