(KJV) Leviticus 18¹

⥃Unlawful Sexual Relations ^{[ Matthew 5:27–30 ]}

[1] And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, [2] Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.² [3] After the doings³ of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after⁴ the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. [4] Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I [am] the Lord your God.⁵ [5] Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do⁶, he shall live in them: I [am] the Lord⁷.

[6] None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin⁸ to him, to uncover⁹ [their] nakedness: I [am] the Lord.¹⁰¹¹¹² [7] The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.¹³ [8] The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father’s nakedness.¹⁴ [9] The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, [whether she be] born at home, or born abroad, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.¹⁵ [10] The nakedness of thy son’s daughter, or of thy daughter’s daughter, [even] their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs [is] thine own nakedness. [11] The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she [is] thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. [12] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she [is] thy father’s near kinswoman.¹⁶ [13] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she [is] thy mother’s near kinswoman. [14] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she [is] thine aunt.¹⁷ [15] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she [is] thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.¹⁸ [16] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it [is] thy brother’s nakedness.¹⁹ [17] Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman²⁰ and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness²¹. [18] Neither shalt thou take a wife²² to her sister, to vex [her²³], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life [time]. [19] Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.²⁴ [20] Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.²⁵ [21] And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through²⁶ [the fire] to Molech²⁷, neither shalt thou profane²⁸ the name of thy God: I [am] the Lord. [22] Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.²⁹ [23] Neither shalt thou lie with any beast³⁰ to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion³¹. [24] Defile³² not ye yourselves in any of these things: for³³ in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: [25] And the land³⁴ is defiled: therefore³⁵ I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth³⁶ out her inhabitants. [26] Ye shall therefore keep³⁷ my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger³⁸ that sojourneth among you: [27] (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)³⁹ [28] That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.⁴⁰ [29] For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.⁴¹⁴² [30] Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable⁴³ customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile⁴⁴ not yourselves therein: I [am⁴⁵] the Lord your God.