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Leviticus 18:6-23
6Don't have sex with any of your close relatives, 7especially your own mother. This would disgrace your father. 8 And don't disgrace him by having sex with any of his other wives. 9 Don't have sex with your sister or stepsister, whether you grew up together or not. 10Don't disgrace yourself by having sex with your granddaughter 11or half sister 12-13 or a sister of your father or mother. 14Don't disgrace your uncle by having sex with his wife. 15 Don't have sex with your daughter-in-law 16 or sister-in-law. 17 And don't have sex with the daughter or granddaughter of any woman that you have earlier had sex with. You will be having sex with her closest relatives, and that would make you unclean. 18As long as your wife is alive, don't cause trouble for her by taking one of her sisters as a second wife.
19 When a woman is having her monthly period, she is unclean, so don't have sex with her.
20 Don't have sex with another man's wife—that would make you unclean.
21 Don't sacrifice your children on the altar fires to the god Molech. I am the Lord your God, and that would disgrace me.
22 It is disgusting for a man to have sex with another man.
23 Anyone who has sex with an animal is unclean.
Leviticus 18:6-23
6“You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the Lord.
7“Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8“Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.
9“Do not have sexual relations with your sister or half-sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born into your household or someone else’s.
10“Do not have sexual relations with your granddaughter, whether she is your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for this would violate yourself.
11“Do not have sexual relations with your stepsister, the daughter of any of your father’s wives, for she is your sister.
12“Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister, for she is your father’s close relative.
13“Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
14“Do not violate your uncle, your father’s brother, by having sexual relations with his wife, for she is your aunt.
15“Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, so you must not have sexual relations with her.
16“Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife, for this would violate your brother.
17“Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not take her granddaughter, whether her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives, and this would be a wicked act.
18“While your wife is living, do not marry her sister and have sexual relations with her, for they would be rivals.
19“Do not have sexual relations with a woman during her period of menstrual impurity.
20“Do not defile yourself by having sexual intercourse with your neighbour’s wife.
21“Do not permit any of your children to be offered as a sacrifice to Molech, for you must not bring shame on the name of your God. I am the Lord.
22“Do not practise homosexuality, having sex with another man as with a woman. It is a detestable sin.
23“A man must not defile himself by having sex with an animal. And a woman must not offer herself to a male animal to have intercourse with it. This is a perverse act.
Leviticus 18:6-23
6‘ “No-one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.
7‘ “Do not dishonour your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
8‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonour your father.
9‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
10‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonour 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; she is your father’s close relative.
13‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
14‘ “Do not dishonour your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.
15‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.
16‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonour your brother.
17‘ “Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. 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 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 of her monthly period.
20‘ “Do not have sexual relations with your neighbour’s wife and defile yourself with her.
21‘ “Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.
22‘ “Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
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.
