1And the LORD spake unto Moses , saying , 2Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, I am the LORD your God . 3After the doings of the land of Egypt , wherein ye dwelt , shall ye not do : and after the doings of the land of Canaan , whither I bring you, shall ye not do : neither shall ye walk in their ordinances . 4Ye shall do my judgments , and keep mine ordinances , to walk therein: I am the LORD your God . 5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes , and my judgments : which if a man do , he shall live in them: I am the LORD . 6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness : I am the LORD . 7The nakedness of thy father , or the nakedness of thy mother , shalt thou not uncover : she is thy mother ; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness . 8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover : it is thy father’s nakedness . 9The 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 . 10The 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 . 11The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter , begotten of thy father , she is thy sister , thou shalt not uncover her nakedness . 12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister : she is thy father’s near kinswoman . 13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister : for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman . 14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother , thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is thine aunt . 15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law : she is thy son’s wife ; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness . 16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife : it is thy brother’s nakedness . 17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman 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 wickedness . 18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister , to vex her , to uncover her nakedness , beside the other in her life time . 19Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness , as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness . 20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife , to defile thyself with her. 21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech , neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God : I am the LORD .
Consequences of Immorality
22Thou shalt not lie with mankind , as with womankind : it is abomination . 23Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion . 24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things : for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: 25And the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants . 26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments , and shall not commit any of these abominations ; neither any of your own nation , nor any stranger 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 ;) 28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. 29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations , even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people . 30Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance , that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs , which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God .