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Berean Study Bible

1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

1Then the LORD said to Moses,

2“Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God.

2“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

3You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and 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.

3You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.

4You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.

4You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.

5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

5Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.

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

6None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.

7You 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.

7You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.

8You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

8You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.

9You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether brought up in the family or in another home.

9You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

10You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter or of your daughter’s daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.

10You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.

11You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, brought up in your father’s family, since she is your sister.

11You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s relative.

12You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.

13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s relative.

13You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.

14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

14You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; 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.

15You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.

16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

16You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.

17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, and you shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are relatives; it is depravity.

17You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

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

18You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.

19“You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.

19You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

20And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her.

20You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

21You shall not give any of your children to offer them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

22You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.

22You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.

23And 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 perversion.

23You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

24“Do not make yourselves unclean by any of these things, for by all these the nations I am driving out before you have become unclean,

24Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.

25and the land became unclean, so that I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

26But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and do none of these abominations, either the native or the stranger who sojourns among you

26But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.

27(for the people of the land, who were before you, did all of these abominations, so that the land became unclean),

27For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.

28lest the land vomit you out when you make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

28So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

29For everyone who does any of these abominations, the persons who do them shall be cut off from among their people.

29Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.

30So keep my charge never to practice any of these abominable customs that were practiced before you, and never to make yourselves unclean by them: I am the LORD your God.”

30You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”

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