Leviticus 18:4-24

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⁴ You must obey my laws^(A) and be careful to follow my decrees.^(B) I am the Lord your God.^{(C) 5} Keep my decrees and laws,^(D) for the person who obeys them will live by them.^(E) I am the Lord.

⁶ “‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

⁷ “‘Do not dishonor your father^(F) by having sexual relations with your mother.^(G) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

⁸ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;^(H) that would dishonor your father.^(I)

⁹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,^(J) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.^(K)

¹⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.

¹¹ “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

¹² “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister;^(L) she is your father’s close relative.

¹³ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister,^(M) because she is your mother’s close relative.

¹⁴ “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.^(N)

¹⁵ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.^(O) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.^(P)

¹⁶ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;^(Q) that would dishonor your brother.

¹⁷ “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.^(R) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.

¹⁸ “‘Do not take your wife’s sister^(S) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

¹⁹ “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness^(T) of her monthly period.^(U)

²⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife^(V) and defile yourself with her.

²¹ “‘Do not give any of your children^(W) to be sacrificed to Molek,^(X) for you must not profane the name of your God.^(Y) I am the Lord.^(Z)

²² “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;^(AA) that is detestable.^(AB)

²³ “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.^(AC)

²⁴ “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you^(AD) became defiled.^(AE)