Leviticus 18 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Laws on Immoral Relations

Lev 18:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Lev 18:2'Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I am Jehovah your God;

Lev 18:3according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not.

Lev 18:4

Lev 18:4'My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God;

Lev 18:5

Lev 18:5and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I am Jehovah.

Lev 18:6

Lev 18:6'None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I am Jehovah.

Lev 18:7

Lev 18:7'The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she is thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:8

Lev 18:8'The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father.

Lev 18:9

Lev 18:9'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness.

Lev 18:10

Lev 18:10'The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs is thy nakedness.

Lev 18:11

Lev 18:11'The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:12

Lev 18:12'The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she is a relation of thy father.

Lev 18:13

Lev 18:13'The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation.

Lev 18:14

Lev 18:14'The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt.

Lev 18:15

Lev 18:15'The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:16

Lev 18:16'The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness.

Lev 18:17

Lev 18:17'The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness.

Lev 18:18

Lev 18:18'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

Lev 18:19

Lev 18:19'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

Lev 18:20

Lev 18:20'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

Lev 18:21

Lev 18:21'And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I am Jehovah.

Lev 18:22

Lev 18:22'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.

Lev 18:23

Lev 18:23'And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it is.

Lev 18:24

Lev 18:24'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

Lev 18:25

Lev 18:25and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

Lev 18:26

Lev 18:26and ye -- ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not any of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

Lev 18:27

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

Lev 18:28

Lev 18:28and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which is before you;

Lev 18:29

Lev 18:29for any one who doth any of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing so, have been cut off from the midst of their people;

Lev 18:30

Lev 18:30and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do any of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I am Jehovah your God.'

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

Leviticus 18 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Laws on Immoral Relations

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