LeviticusJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareLeviticus 18YLT - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Leviticus 1Leviticus 2Leviticus 3Leviticus 4Leviticus 5Leviticus 6Leviticus 7Leviticus 8Leviticus 9Leviticus 10Leviticus 11Leviticus 12Leviticus 13Leviticus 14Leviticus 15Leviticus 16Leviticus 17Leviticus 18Leviticus 19Leviticus 20Leviticus 21Leviticus 22Leviticus 23Leviticus 24Leviticus 25Leviticus 26Leviticus 27›Leviticus 18ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying, 2`Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I am Jehovah your God; 3according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not. 4`My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God; 5and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I am Jehovah. 6`None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I am Jehovah. 7`The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she is thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. 8`The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father. 9`The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness. 10`The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs is thy nakedness. 11`The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. 12`The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she is a relation of thy father. 13`The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation. 14`The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt. 15`The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness. 16`The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness. 17`The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness. 18`And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life. 19`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness. 20`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her. 21`And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I am Jehovah. 22`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is . 23`And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it is . 24`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you; 25and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants: 26and ye--ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not any of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst, 27(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled), 28and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which is before you; 29for any one who doth any of all these abominations--even the persons who are doing so , have been cut off from the midst of their people; 30and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do any of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I am Jehovah your God.' ‹Previous chapterLeviticus 17Next chapterLeviticus 19›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsLeviticus 18 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain