Leviticus 18:6-23

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁶ “None of you shall approach anyone near of kin to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord. ⁷ 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) 8} You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is the nakedness of your father. ⁹ 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)