Unlawful Sexual Relations
(Matthew 5:27–30)

1And the Lorde talked with Moses saynge: 2speake vnto the childern of Israel, ad saye vnto them, I am the Lorde youre God 3Wherfore after the doynges of the land of Egipte wherein ye dwelt, se that ye doo not: nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan, whether I will bringe you, nether walke ye in their ordinaunces, 4but doo after my iudgemetes, and kepe myne ordynaunces, to walke therein: for I am the Lorde youre God. 5Kepe therfore myne ordinaunces, ad my iudgemetes whiche yf a man doo he shall lyue thereby: for I am the Lorde.

6Se that ye goo to none of youre nyghest kynred for to vncouer their secrettes, for I am the Lorde. 7The secrettes of thy father and thy mother, se thou vnheale not: she is thy mother, therfore shalt thou not discouer hir secrettes. 8The secrettes of thy fathers wife shalt thou not discouer, for they are thy fathers secrettes. 9Thou shalt not discouer the preuyte of thy syster, the doughter of thy father or of thy mother: whether she be borne at home or without. 10Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter, for that is thyne awne preuyte: 11Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy fathers wyues doughter, which she bare to thy father, for she is thy suster: thou shalt therfore not discouer hir secrettes. 12Thou shalt not vncouer the secrettes off thy fathers syster, for she is thy fathers nexte kyn. 13Thou shalt not dyscouer the secrettes off thy mothers syster, for she is thy mothers nexte kyn. 14Thou shalt not open the secrettes of thy fathers brother: that is thou shalt not goo in to his wife, for she is thyne awnte. 15Thou shalt not discouer the secrettes of thy doughter in lawe she is thy sonnes wyfe: therfore vncouer not hir secrettes. 16Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wife, for that is thy brothers preuyte. 17Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wife ad hir doughter also, nether shalt thou take hir sonnes doughter or hir doughters doughter to vncoue r their secrettes: they are hir nexte kyn, it were therfore wikydnesse. 18Thou shalt not take a wife and hir sister thereto, to vexe hir that thou woldest open hir secrettes as longe as she lyueth.

19Thou shalt not goo vnto a woman to open hir secrettes, as longe as she is put aparte for hir vnclennesse. 20Thou shalt not lye with thy neghbours wife, to defyle thi selfe with her. 21Thou shalt not geue of thi seed to offer it vnto Moloch, that thou defile not the name of thi God, for I am the Lorde. 22Thou shalt not lye with mankynde as with womankynde, for that is abominacion. 23Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith, nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto, for that is abhominacion.

24Defile not youre selues in any of these thinges, for with all these thinges are these nacions defiled whiche I cast out before you: 25and the lande is defiled, and I will visett the wykednesse thereof apon it. and the lande shal spewe out hir inhabiters. 26Kepe ye therfore myne ordinaunces and iudgementes, and se that ye commytt none of these abominacions: nether any of you nor ony straunger that soiourneth amonge you 27(for all these abhominacions haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you, and the lande is defiled) 28lest that the lande spewe you out when ye haue defiled it, as it spewed out the nacions that where there before you. 29For whosoeuer shall comytt any of these abhominacions, the same soules that commytt them shall perish from amonge their people. 30Therfore se that ye kepe myne ordinaunces, that ye commytt none of these abhominable customes which were commytted before you: that ye defile not youre selues therewith for I am the Lorde youre God.