1 T hen the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

2 “ Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘ I am the Lord your God.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.

3 Y ou 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.

After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their statutes.

4 Y ou are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God.

Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.

5 S o you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord.

Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.

6 ‘ None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord.

None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah.

7 Y ou 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.

The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

8 Y ou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

9 T he 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.

The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

10 T he nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours.

The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

11 T he nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

12 Y ou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

13 Y ou shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

14 Y ou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

15 Y ou shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

16 Y ou shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

17 Y ou 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.

Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

18 Y ou shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.

And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival to her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

19 ‘ Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity.

And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

20 Y ou shall not have intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

21 Y ou 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.

And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

22 Y ou shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

23 A lso 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.

And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

24 ‘ 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.

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

25 F or the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants.

And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.

26 B ut 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

Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth 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);

(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

28 s o that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you.

that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

29 F or whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people.

For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

30 T hus 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.’”

Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.