Leviticus 18
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1And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Say to the children of Israel, ‘I am the LORD your God. 3You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, in which you dwelt; nor as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you; nor shall you follow their customs. 4You shall obey My ordinances and keep My statutes, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God. 5You shall therefore keep My statutes, and My ordinances: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

6None of you shall approach to any that is a near relative, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. 7The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 8The nakedness of your father's wife shalt you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness. 9The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness. 11The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten of your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 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: for she is your mother's near kinswoman. 14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your uncle, you shall not approach to 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 take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. 18Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

19Also you shall not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her. 21And you shall not let any of your seed 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 abomination. 23Neither shall you lie with any animal to defile yourself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before an animal to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

24Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I drive out before you: 25And the land is defiled; therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomits out her inhabitants. 26You shall therefore keep My statutes and My ordinances, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourns among you: 27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled); 28That the land spew not 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 that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. 30Therefore shall you keep Mine ordinance, that you commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.”

Easy Reader Bible: Purple Letter Edition
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