Leviticus 18:1-11 ▼

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 |Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God.

3 You 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, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.

4 You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am the LORD your God.

5 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

6 |'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

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.

8 |'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.

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.

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, you shall not uncover her nakedness.