Leviticus 18 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Laws of Sexual Morality

Immorality Is Forbidden

Lev 18:1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 18:2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘I am the LORD your God.

Lev 18:3‘According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances.

Lev 18:4

Lev 18:4‘You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God.

Lev 18:5

Lev 18:5‘You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the LORD.

Lev 18:6

Lev 18:6‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the LORD.

Lev 18:7

Lev 18:7‘The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:8

Lev 18:8‘The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness.

Lev 18:9

Lev 18:9‘The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover.

Lev 18:10

Lev 18:10‘The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs is your own nakedness.

Lev 18:11

Lev 18:11‘The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father—she is your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:12

Lev 18:12‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near of kin to your father.

Lev 18:13

Lev 18:13‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is near of kin to your mother.

Lev 18:14

Lev 18:14‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.

Lev 18:15

Lev 18:15‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she is your son’s wife—you shall not uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:16

Lev 18:16‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.

Lev 18:17

Lev 18:17‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near of kin to her. It is wickedness.

Lev 18:18

Lev 18:18‘Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive.

Lev 18:19

Lev 18:19‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her customary impurity.

Lev 18:20

Lev 18:20‘Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.

Lev 18:21

Lev 18:21‘And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.

Lev 18:22

Lev 18:22‘You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination.

Lev 18:23

Lev 18:23‘Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

Lev 18:24

Lev 18:24‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.

Lev 18:25

Lev 18:25‘For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.

Lev 18:26

Lev 18:26‘You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you

Lev 18:27

Lev 18:27‘(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),

Lev 18:28

Lev 18:28‘lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

Lev 18:29

Lev 18:29‘For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

Lev 18:30

Lev 18:30‘Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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