1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2"Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God. 3As they do in the land of Egypt where you dwelt, you shall not do. And you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Neither shall you walk in their ordinances. 4You shall do My judgments and keep My ordinances, and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. 5And you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD. 6None of you shall approach to any who are near of kin to him to uncover their nakedness. I am the LORD. 7You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 8You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife. It is your father's nakedness. 9You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father or the daughter of your mother, born at home or born away. Their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, you shall not uncover their nakedness, for theirs is your own nakedness. 11You shall not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of your father's wife, begotten of your father. She is your sister. 12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister. She is your father's near kinswoman. 13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister. She is your mother's near kinswoman. 14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt. 15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness. 16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife. It is your brother's nakedness. 17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you undertake to uncover her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter. They are her near kinswomen; it is wickedness. 18Nor shall you take a woman along with her sister as wives, causing rivalry to uncover her nakedness during her lifetime. 19Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness in the impurity of her uncleanness. 20And you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife to defile yourself with her. 21And you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. 22You shall not lie with mankind as with womankind. It is an abomination to God. 23And you shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. And a woman shall not stand before an animal to lie down to it. It is a perversion. 24Do not defile yourselves in any of these things, for in all these the nations which I cast out before you are defiled. 25And the land is defiled. Therefore I visit its wickedness against it, and the land itself vomits out those who live in it. 26You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, neither the native, nor any stranger that lives among you; 27For the men of the land who were before you have done all these abominations, and the land is defiled. 28You shall not do these so that the land may not spew you out also when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you; 29For whoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls who commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30And you shall keep My ordinance, so as not to do any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves in them. I am the LORD your God. ' " A Faithful Version Copyright © 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 York Publishing Company Post Office Box 1038 Hollister, California 95024-1038 All rights reserved. All Scripture may be freely quoted except for brief excerpts for review purposes, no part of this publication may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means--electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or information storage and retrieval systems, or use of hermeneutical conclusions of copyright owner. Bible Hub |