Marriage is prohibited in certain degrees of kindred: Anda all unnatural lusts.

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

² Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I am the Lord your God.

³ You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you have lived; nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan, into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances.

⁴ You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.

⁵ Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord.

⁶ No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.

⁷ You shall not expose the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

⁸ You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father.

⁹ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, whether from father or from mother, whether she was born at home or abroad.

¹⁰ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or your daughter’s daughter; for it is your own nakedness.

¹¹ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, whom she bore to your father, and who is your sister.

¹² You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister; for she is the flesh of your father.

¹³ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, because she is the flesh of your mother.

¹⁴ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, nor shall you approach his wife, who is joined to you by affinity.

¹⁵ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son’s wife; neither shall you expose her dishonor.

¹⁶ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your brother.

¹⁷ You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest.

¹⁸ You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.¹

1. 18:18The pronoun ‘illa’ refers to the wife, not the wife’s sister; but the use of a pronoun in translation would obscure the meaning.(Conte)

¹⁹ You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness.

²⁰ You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed.

²¹ You shall not give some of your seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor to pollute the name of your God. I am the Lord.

²² You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female, for this is an abomination.

²³ You shall not commit sexual acts with any animal, nor shall you be defiled by it. A woman shall not lie down with a beast, nor commit sexual acts with it; for this is wickedness.¹

1. 18:23Because it is a heinous crime: In Hebrew, this word heinous crime is expressed by the word confusion, signifying the shamefulness and baseness of this abominable sin.(Challoner)

²⁴ Do not pollute yourselves with any of these things, by which all of the nations, which I will cast out in your sight, have been contaminated

²⁵ and by which the land has been polluted. I will visit the wickedness of the land, so that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

²⁶ Keep my ordinances and judgments, and do not do any of these abominations: the native born, as well as the settler, who sojourns among you.

²⁷ For all these detestable things were done by the inhabitants of the land who were here before you, and they have polluted it.

²⁸ Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner, it may vomit you out as well, if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you.

²⁹ Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people.

³⁰ Keep my commandments. Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you, and do not be polluted by these things. I am the Lord your God.