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Laws on Immoral Relations |
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| Leviticus 18:1 |
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
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| Leviticus 18:2 |
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"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,
'I am the LORD your God. |
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| Leviticus 18:3 |
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You 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. |
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| Leviticus 18:4 |
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You are to perform My judgments and keep My
statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God. |
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| Leviticus 18:5 |
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So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments,
by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 18:6 |
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'None of you shall approach any blood relative
of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD. |
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| Leviticus 18:7 |
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You 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. |
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| Leviticus 18:8 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
father's wife; it is your father's nakedness. |
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| Leviticus 18:9 |
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The nakedness of your sister, either your father's
daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their
nakedness you shall not uncover. |
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| Leviticus 18:10 |
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The nakedness of your son's daughter or your
daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness
is yours. |
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| Leviticus 18:11 |
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The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter,
born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. |
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| Leviticus 18:12 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
father's sister; she is your father's blood relative. |
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| Leviticus 18:13 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
mother's sister, for she is your mother's blood relative. |
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| Leviticus 18:14 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
father's brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt. |
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| Leviticus 18:15 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. |
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| Leviticus 18:16 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of your
brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness. |
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| Leviticus 18:17 |
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You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman
and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter,
to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is lewdness. |
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| Leviticus 18:18 |
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You shall not marry a woman in addition to her
sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness. |
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| Leviticus 18:19 |
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'Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover
her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. |
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| Leviticus 18:20 |
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You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor's
wife, to be defiled with her. |
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| Leviticus 18:21 |
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You 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. |
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| Leviticus 18:22 |
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You shall not lie with a male as one lies with
a female; it is an abomination. |
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| Leviticus 18:23 |
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Also 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. |
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| Leviticus 18:24 |
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'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things;
for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. |
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| Leviticus 18:25 |
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For the land has become defiled, therefore
I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. |
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| Leviticus 18:26 |
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But 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 |
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| Leviticus 18:27 |
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(for the men of the land who have been before
you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); |
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| Leviticus 18:28 |
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so that the land will not spew you out, should
you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. |
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| Leviticus 18:29 |
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For whoever does any of these abominations,
those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. |
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| Leviticus 18:30 |
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Thus 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.'" |
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