Laws on Immoral Relations 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, I am the LORD your God. 3You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God. 5So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD. 6None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD. 7You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. 8You shall not uncover the nakedness of your fathers wife; it is your fathers nakedness. 9The nakedness of your sister, either your fathers daughter or your mothers daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10The nakedness of your sons daughter or your daughters daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours. 11The nakedness of your fathers wifes daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your fathers sister; she is your fathers blood relative. 13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mothers sister, for she is your mothers blood relative. 14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your fathers brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt. 15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your sons wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brothers wife; it is your brothers nakedness. 17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her sons daughter or her daughters daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is lewdness. 18You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness. 19Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. 20You shall not have intercourse with your neighbors wife, to be defiled with her. 21You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD. 22You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. 23Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. 24Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. 25For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. 26But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you 27(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); 28so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. 29For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. 30Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org Bible Apps |