Leviticus 18
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

near to kin [heb] remainder of his flesh Not withstanding the prohibitions here, it must be evident, that in the infancy of the world, persons very near of kin, and even brothers and sisters, must have joined in matrimonial alliances; and therefore we cannot pronounce them {immoral} in themselves. But, in these first instances, necessity required it; but when this necessity no longer existed, the thing became inexpedient and improper: for

to uncover

Leviticus 18:7-19 The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall …

Leviticus 20:11,12,17-21 And the man that lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's …

The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

pass through Molech signifies a king, or governor, of similar import with Baal, lord, or governor; and it is generally supposed that the sun was worshipped under this name; and more particularly as the fire appears to have been so much employed in his worship. It seems clear that children were not only consecrated to him by passing through the fire, which appears to be alluded to here, but that they were actually made a burnt offering to him. That the several abominations afterwards mentioned were actually practised by many heathen nations is abundantly attested by their own writers.

Leviticus 20:2 Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever he be of …

Deuteronomy 12:31 You shall not do so to the LORD your God: for every abomination to …

Deuteronomy 18:10 There shall not be found among you any one that makes his son or …

2 Kings 16:3 But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yes, and made his …

2 Kings 21:6 And he made his son pass through the fire, and observed times, and …

2 Kings 23:10 And he defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom…

Psalm 106:37,38 Yes, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters to devils…

Jeremiah 7:31 And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley …

Jeremiah 19:5 They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons …

Ezekiel 20:31 For when you offer your gifts, when you make your sons to pass through …

Ezekiel 23:37 That they have committed adultery, and blood is in their hands, and …

to Molech

1 Kings 11:7,33 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination …

Amos 5:26 But you have borne the tabernacle of your Moloch and Chiun your images, …

Acts 7:43 Yes, you took up the tabernacle of Moloch, and the star of your god …

Moloch
profane

Leviticus 19:12 And you shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shall you profane …

Leviticus 20:2-5 Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, Whoever he be of …

Leviticus 21:6 They shall be holy to their God, and not profane the name of their …

Leviticus 22:2,32 Speak to Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from …

Ezekiel 36:20-23 And when they entered to the heathen, where they went, they profaned …

Malachi 1:12 But you have profaned it, in that you say, The table of the LORD …

Romans 1:23 And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made …

Romans 2:24 For the name of God is blasphemed among the Gentiles through you, …

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

the land

Numbers 35:33,34 So you shall not pollute the land wherein you are: for blood it defiles …

Psalm 106:38 And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their …

Isaiah 24:5 The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because …

Jeremiah 2:7 And I brought you into a plentiful country, to eat the fruit thereof …

Jeremiah 16:18 And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; …

Ezekiel 36:17,18 Son of man, when the house of Israel dwelled in their own land, they …

Romans 8:22 For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together …

therefore

Psalm 89:32 Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity …

Isaiah 26:21 For, behold, the LORD comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants …

Jeremiah 5:9,29 Shall I not visit for these things? said the LORD: and shall not …

Jeremiah 9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? said the LORD: shall not …

Jeremiah 14:10 Thus said the LORD to this people, Thus have they loved to wander, …

Jeremiah 23:2 Therefore thus said the LORD God of Israel against the pastors that …

Hosea 2:13 And I will visit on her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense …

Hosea 8:13 They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of my offerings, and eat …

Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: …

vomiteth

Leviticus 18:28 That the land spew not you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed …

Leviticus 20:22 You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and …

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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