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Verse 1

And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Moses,{H4872} saying,{H559}

Verse 2

Speak{H1696} unto the children{H1121} of Israel,{H3478} and say{H559} unto them, I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

Verse 3

After the doings{H4639} of the land{H776} of Egypt,{H4714} wherein ye dwelt,{H3427} shall ye not do:{H6213} and after the doings{H4639} of the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} whither I bring{H935} you, shall ye not do;{H6213} neither shall ye walk{H3212} in their statutes.{H2708}

Verse 4

Mine ordinances{H4941} shall ye do,{H6213} and my statutes{H2708} shall ye keep,{H8104} to walk{H3212} therein: I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

Verse 5

Ye shall therefore keep{H8104} my statutes,{H2708} and mine ordinances;{H4941} which{H834} if a man{H120} do,{H6213} he shall live{H2425} in them: I am Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 6

None of you shall approach{H7126} to any{H376} that are near{H7607} of kin{H1320} to him, to uncover{H1540} [their] nakedness:{H6172} I am Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 7

The nakedness{H6172} of thy father,{H1} even the nakedness{H6172} of thy mother,{H517} shalt thou not uncover:{H1540} she is thy mother;{H517} thou shalt not uncover{H1540} her nakedness.{H6172}

Verse 8

The nakedness{H6172} of thy father's{H1} wife{H802} shalt thou not uncover:{H1540} it is thy father's{H1} nakedness.{H6172}

Verse 9

The nakedness{H6172} of thy sister,{H269} the daughter{H1323} of thy father,{H1} or the daughter{H1323} of thy mother,{H517} whether born{H4138} at home,{H1004} or born{H4138} abroad,{H2351} even their nakedness{H6172} thou shalt not uncover.{H1540}

Verse 10

The nakedness{H6172} of thy son's{H1121} daughter,{H1323} or of thy daughter's{H1323} daughter,{H1323} even their nakedness{H6172} thou shalt not uncover:{H1540} for theirs{H2007} is thine own nakedness.{H6172}

Verse 11

The nakedness{H6172} of thy father's{H1} wife's{H802} daughter,{H1323} begotten{H4138} of thy father,{H1} she is thy sister,{H269} thou shalt not uncover{H1540} her nakedness.{H6172}

Verse 12

Thou shalt not uncover{H1540} the nakedness{H6172} of thy father's{H1} sister:{H269} she is thy father's{H1} near kinswoman.{H7607}

Verse 13

Thou shalt not uncover{H1540} the nakedness{H6172} of thy mother's{H517} sister:{H269} for she is thy mother's{H517} near kinswoman.{H7607}

Verse 14

Thou shalt not uncover{H1540} the nakedness{H6172} of thy father's{H1} brother,{H251} thou shalt not approach{H7126} to his wife:{H802} she is thine aunt.{H1733}

Verse 15

Thou shalt not uncover{H1540} the nakedness{H6172} of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's{H1121} wife;{H802} thou shalt not uncover{H1540} her nakedness.{H6172}

Verse 16

Thou shalt not uncover{H1540} the nakedness{H6172} of thy brother's{H251} wife:{H802} it is thy brother's{H251} nakedness.{H6172}

Verse 17

Thou shalt not uncover{H1540} the nakedness{H6172} of a woman{H802} and her daughter;{H1323} thou shalt not take{H3947} her son's{H1121} daughter,{H1323} or her daughter's{H1323} daughter,{H1323} to uncover{H1540} her nakedness;{H6172} they are near kinswomen:{H7608} it is wickedness.{H2154}

Verse 18

And thou shalt not take{H3947} a wife{H802} to her sister,{H269} to be a rival{H6887} [to her], to uncover{H1540} her nakedness,{H6172} besides the other in her life-time.{H2416}

Verse 19

And thou shalt not approach{H7126} unto a woman{H802} to uncover{H1540} her nakedness,{H6172} as long as she is impure{H5079} by her uncleanness.{H2932}

Verse 20

And thou shalt not{H5414} lie{H7903} carnally{H2233} with thy neighbor's{H5997} wife,{H802} to defile{H2930} thyself with her.

Verse 21

And thou shalt not{H5414} give any of thy seed{H2233} to make them pass{H5674} through [the fire] to Molech;{H4432} neither shalt thou profane{H2490} the name{H8034} of thy God:{H430} I am Jehovah.{H3068}

Verse 22

Thou shalt not lie{H7901} with mankind,{H2145} as with{H4904} womankind:{H802} it is abomination.{H8441}

Verse 23

And thou{H5414} shalt not lie{H7903} with any beast{H929} to defile{H2930} thyself therewith; neither shall any woman{H802} stand{H5975} before{H6440} a beast,{H929} to lie down{H7250} thereto: it is confusion.{H8397}

Verse 24

Defile{H2930} not ye yourselves in any of these things:{H428} for in all these the nations{H1471} are defiled{H2930} which I cast out{H7971} from before{H6440} you;

Verse 25

And the land{H776} is defiled:{H2930} therefore I do visit{H6485} the iniquity{H5771} thereof upon it, and the land{H776} vomiteth out{H6958} her inhabitants.{H3427}

Verse 26

Ye therefore shall keep{H8104} my statutes{H2708} and mine ordinances,{H4941} and shall not do{H6213} any of these abominations;{H8441} neither the home-born,{H249} nor the stranger{H1616} that sojourneth{H1481} among{H8432} you;

Verse 27

(for all these{H411} abominations{H8441} have the men{H582} of the land{H776} done,{H6213} that were before{H6440} you, and the land{H776} is defiled);{H2930}

Verse 28

that the land{H776} vomit not you out{H6958} also, when ye defile{H2930} it, as it vomited out{H6958} the nation{H1471} that was before{H6440} you.

Verse 29

For whosoever shall do{H6213} any of these abominations,{H8441} even the souls{H5315} that do{H6213} them shall be cut off{H3772} from among{H7130} their people.{H5971}

Verse 30

Therefore shall ye keep{H8104} my charge,{H4931} that ye practise{H6213} not any of these abominable{H8441} customs,{H2708} which were practised{H6213} before{H6440} you, and that ye defile{H2930} not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah{H3068} your God.{H430}

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