Then the LORD spoke
to Moses
, saying
,
"Speak to the sons
of Israel
and say
to them, ` aI am the LORD
your God
.
`You shall not do 1what
is adone
in the land
of Egypt
where
you lived
, nor
are you to do
1what
is bdone
in the land
of Canaan
where
I am bringing
you; you shall not walk
in their statutes
.
`You are to perform My judgments
and keep
My statutes
, 1to live
in accord with them; aI am the LORD
your God
.
`So you shall keep My statutes
and My judgments
, aby which
a man
may live
if he does
them; I am the LORD
.
`None of you shall approach
any
blood
relative
1of his to uncover
nakedness
; I am the LORD
.
` aYou 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
.
` aYou shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father's
wife
; it is your father's
nakedness
.
` aThe nakedness of your sister
, either your father's
daughter
or
your mother's
daughter
, whether born
at home
or
born
outside
, their nakedness
you shall not uncover
.
`The nakedness of your son's
daughter
or
your daughter's
daughter
, their nakedness
you shall not uncover
; for 1their nakedness
is yours.
`The nakedness of your father's
wife's
daughter
, 1born
to your father
, she is your sister
, you shall not uncover
her nakedness
.
` aYou shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father's
sister
; she is your father's
blood
relative
.
`You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your mother's
sister
, for she is your mother's
blood
relative
.
` aYou shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father's
brother
; you shall not approach
his wife
, she is your aunt
.
` aYou shall not uncover the nakedness
of your daughter-in-law
; she is your son's
wife
, you shall not uncover
her nakedness
.
` aYou shall not uncover the nakedness
of your brother's
wife
; it is your brother's
nakedness
.
` aYou 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 1lewdness
.
`You shall not 1marry a woman
in addition
to 2her sister
3as a rival
while she is alive
, to uncover
her nakedness
.
` aAlso you shall not approach a woman
to uncover
her nakedness
during her bmenstrual
impurity
.
` aYou shall not have intercourse
with your neighbor's
wife
, to be defiled
with her.
`You shall not give any
of your offspring
ato 1offer
them to Molech
, nor
shall you bprofane
the name
of your God
; I am the LORD
.
` aYou shall not lie with a male
as 1one lies
with a female
; it is an abomination
.
` aAlso you shall not have intercourse
with any
animal
to be defiled
with it, nor
shall any
woman
stand
before
an animal
to 1mate
with it; it is a perversion
.
`Do not defile yourselves by any
of these
things
; for by all
these
athe nations
which
I am casting
out before
you have become
defiled
.
`For the land has become
defiled
, atherefore I have brought
its 1punishment
upon it, so the land
bhas spewed
out its inhabitants
.
`But as for you, you are to keep My statutes
and My judgments
and shall not do
any
of these
abominations
, neither the native
, nor the alien
who sojourns
among
you
(for the men of the land
who
have been before
you have done
all
these
abominations
, and the land
has become
defiled
);
so that the land will not spew
you out, should you defile
it, as it has spewed
out the nation
which
has been before
you.
`For whoever does
any
of these
abominations
, 1those persons
who do
so shall be cut
off
from among
their people
.
`Thus you are to keep aMy charge
, that you do not practice
any
of the abominable
customs
which
have been practiced
before
you, so as not to defile
yourselves with them; bI am the LORD
your God
.' "