Leviticus 18

1Yahweh said to Moses,

2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am Yahweh your God.Cross-references: Gen 17:7 · Ex 6:7 · Ex 20:2 · Lev 11:44 · Lev 18:4 · Lev 19:3 · +7 more

3You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.Cross-references: Ex 23:24 · Lev 18:24 · Lev 20:23 · Deut 12:4 · Deut 12:30 · Ps 106:35 · +6 more

4You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am Yahweh your God.Cross-references: Lev 18:2 · Lev 18:26 · Lev 19:37 · Lev 20:22 · Deut 4:1 · Deut 6:1 · +7 more

5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 6:2 · Ex 6:6 · Ex 6:29 · Ezek 20:11 · Ezek 20:13 · Ezek 20:21 · +4 more

6“‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Lev 18:7 · Lev 20:11 · Lev 20:17

7“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.Cross-references: Lev 18:8 · Lev 20:11 · Lev 20:14 · Ezek 22:10

8“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.Cross-references: Gen 35:22 · Gen 49:4 · Lev 20:11 · Deut 22:30 · Deut 27:20 · 2Sam 16:21 · +3 more

9“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.Cross-references: Lev 18:11 · Lev 20:17 · Deut 27:22 · 2Sam 13:11 · Ezek 22:11

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

11“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.

12“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.Cross-references: Ex 6:20 · Lev 20:19

13“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.

14“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.Cross-references: Lev 20:20

15“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.Cross-references: Gen 38:18 · Gen 38:26 · Lev 20:12 · Ezek 22:11

16“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.Cross-references: Lev 20:21 · Deut 25:5 · Matt 14:3 · Matt 22:24 · Mark 6:17 · Mark 12:19 · +1 more

17“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.Cross-references: Lev 20:14 · Deut 27:23 · Amos 2:7

18“‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.Cross-references: Gen 4:19 · Gen 29:28 · Gen 30:15 · Ex 26:3 · 1Sam 1:6 · Mal 2:15

19“‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.Cross-references: Lev 12:2 · Lev 15:19 · Lev 15:24 · Lev 20:18 · Ezek 18:6 · Ezek 22:10

20“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.Cross-references: Ex 20:14 · Lev 20:10 · Deut 5:18 · Deut 22:22 · Deut 22:25 · 2Sam 11:3 · +9 more

21“‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am Yahweh.Cross-references: Lev 19:12 · Lev 20:2 · Lev 21:6 · Lev 22:2 · Lev 22:32 · Deut 12:31 · +17 more

22“‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.Cross-references: Gen 19:5 · Lev 20:13 · Deut 23:18 · Judg 19:22 · 1Ki 14:24 · Rom 1:26 · +3 more

23“‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.Cross-references: Ex 22:19 · Lev 20:12 · Lev 20:15 · Deut 27:21

24“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.Cross-references: Lev 18:3 · Lev 18:6 · Lev 18:30 · Lev 20:22 · Deut 12:31 · Deut 18:12 · +4 more

25The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.Cross-references: Lev 18:28 · Lev 20:22 · Num 35:33 · Deut 9:5 · Deut 18:12 · Ps 89:32 · +15 more

26You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among youCross-references: Lev 17:8 · Lev 17:10 · Lev 18:5 · Lev 18:30 · Deut 4:1 · Deut 4:40 · +7 more

27(for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),Cross-references: Lev 18:24 · Deut 20:18 · Deut 23:18 · Deut 25:16 · Deut 27:15 · 1Ki 14:24 · +6 more

28that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.Cross-references: Lev 18:25 · Lev 20:22 · Jer 9:19 · Ezek 36:13 · Ezek 36:17 · Rom 8:22 · +1 more

29“‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.Cross-references: Ex 12:15 · Lev 17:10 · Lev 20:6

30Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am Yahweh your God.’”Cross-references: Lev 18:2 · Lev 18:26 · Lev 20:23 · Lev 22:9 · Deut 11:1 · Deut 18:9