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Leviticus 18

Darby Translation (DARBY) - 1890

30 verses - Very literal - Public Domain

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Leviticus 18:1

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 18:2

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 18:3

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 customs.

Leviticus 18:4

Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 18:5

And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 18:6

No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 18:7

The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:8

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

Leviticus 18:9

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad—their nakedness shalt thou not uncover.

Leviticus 18:1

The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter—their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy nakedness.

Leviticus 18:11

The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father: she is thy sister: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:12

The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation.

Leviticus 18:13

The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation.

Leviticus 18:14

The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt.

Leviticus 18:15

The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:16

The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness.

Leviticus 18:17

The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness.

Leviticus 18:18

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life.

Leviticus 18:19

And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.

Leviticus 18:2

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

Leviticus 18:21

And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Leviticus 18:22

And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.

Leviticus 18:23

And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

Leviticus 18:24

Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.

Leviticus 18:25

And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

Leviticus 18:26

But *ye* shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

Leviticus 18:27

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);

Leviticus 18:28

that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

Leviticus 18:29

For whoever committeth any of these abominations, … the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Leviticus 18:3

And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God.

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