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1 And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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1 The LORD said to Moses,
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2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God.
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2 "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'I am the LORD your God.
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3 After 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 statutes.
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3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.
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4 Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God.
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4 You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the LORD your God.
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5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.
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5 Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live by them. I am the LORD.
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6 None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I am Jehovah.
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6 " 'No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD.
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7 The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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7 " 'Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
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8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
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8 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife; that would dishonor your father.
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9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
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9 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
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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.
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10 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; that would dishonor you.
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11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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11 " 'Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
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12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
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12 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative.
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13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
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13 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because she is your mother's close relative.
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14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
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14 " 'Do not dishonor your father's brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.
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15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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15 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not have relations with her.
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16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
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16 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife; that would dishonor your brother.
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17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
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17 " 'Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
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18 And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.
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18 " 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
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19 And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
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19 " 'Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period.
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20 And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
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20 " 'Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her.
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21 And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
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21 " 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
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22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
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22 " 'Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; that is detestable.
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23 And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
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23 " 'Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.
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24 Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
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24 " 'Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.
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25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.
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25 Even the land was defiled; so I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
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26 Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;
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26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the aliens living among you must not do any of these detestable things,
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27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);
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27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.
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28 that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
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28 And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
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29 For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
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29 " 'Everyone who does any of these detestable things--such persons must be cut off from their people.
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30 Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.
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30 Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.' "
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