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Leviticus - ch 18 v 1 - 20
- Yahweh said to Moses,
- "Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am Yahweh your God.
- You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
- You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
- You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
- "'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
- "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
- "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
- "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
- "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
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