(1)The Lord said to Moses, (2)"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'I
am the Lord your God. (3)You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you
used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where
I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. (4)You must obey my
laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God.
(5)Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them.
I am the Lord.
(6)" 'No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations.
I am the Lord.
(7)" 'Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your
mother. she is your mother; do not have relations with her.
(8)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife; that would
dishonor your father.
(9)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your
father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she was born in the
same home or elsewhere.
(10)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your
daughter's daughter; that would dishonor you.
(11)" 'Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's
wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
(12)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is
your father's close relative.
(13)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because
she is your mother's close relative.
(14)" 'Do not dishonor your father's brother by approaching his wife to
have sexual relations; she is your aunt.
(15)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is
your son's wife; do not have relations with her.
(16)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife; that would
dishonor your brother.
(17)" 'Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.
Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her
daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is
wickedness.
(18)" 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual
relations with her while your wife is living.
(19)" 'Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the
uncleanness of her monthly period.
(20)" 'Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and
defile yourself with her.
(21)" 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for
you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
(22)" 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is
detestable.
(23)" 'Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself
with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual
relations with it; that is a perversion.
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