Leviticus

¹And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: ↗

²Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I am the Lord your God. ↗

³You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you have lived; nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan, into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances. ↗

⁴You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God. ↗

⁵Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord. ↗

⁶No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord. ↗

⁷You shall not expose the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. ↗

⁸You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father. ↗

⁹You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, whether from father or from mother, whether she was born at home or abroad. ↗

¹⁰You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or your daughter’s daughter; for it is your own nakedness. ↗

¹¹You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, whom she bore to your father, and who is your sister. ↗

¹²You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister; for she is the flesh of your father. ↗

¹³You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, because she is the flesh of your mother. ↗

¹⁴You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, nor shall you approach his wife, who is joined to you by affinity. ↗

¹⁵You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son’s wife; neither shall you expose her dishonor. ↗

¹⁶You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your brother. ↗

¹⁷You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest. ↗

¹⁸You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living. ↗

¹⁹You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness. ↗

²⁰You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed. ↗

²¹You shall not give some of your seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor to pollute the name of your God. I am the Lord. ↗

²²You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female, for this is an abomination. ↗

²³You shall not commit sexual acts with any animal, nor shall you be defiled by it. A woman shall not lie down with a beast, nor commit sexual acts with it; for this is wickedness. ↗

²⁴Do not pollute yourselves with any of these things, by which all of the nations, which I will cast out in your sight, have been contaminated ↗

²⁵and by which the land has been polluted. I will visit the wickedness of the land, so that it may vomit out its inhabitants. ↗

²⁶Keep my ordinances and judgments, and do not do any of these abominations: the native born, as well as the settler, who sojourns among you. ↗

²⁷For all these detestable things were done by the inhabitants of the land who were here before you, and they have polluted it. ↗

²⁸Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner, it may vomit you out as well, if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you. ↗

²⁹Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people. ↗

³⁰Keep my commandments. Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you, and do not be polluted by these things. I am the Lord your God. ↗