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Leviticus 18

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Leviticus 18 Bible text

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.

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After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

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Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.

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None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.

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The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover; it is thy father’s nakedness.

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The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

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The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

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The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.

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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.

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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.

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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

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And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

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And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

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And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

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And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

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Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

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And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

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Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

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and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.

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Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you

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(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

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that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

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For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

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Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.