Leviticus 18:1-6

1 locutusque est Dominus ad Mosen dicens

2 loquere filiis Israhel et dices ad eos ego Dominus Deus vester

3 iuxta consuetudinem terrae Aegypti in qua habitastis non facietis et iuxta morem regionis Chanaan ad quam ego introducturus sum vos non agetis nec in legitimis eorum ambulabitis

4 facietis iudicia mea et praecepta servabitis et ambulabitis in eis ego Dominus Deus vester

5 custodite leges meas atque iudicia quae faciens homo vivet in eis ego Dominus

6 omnis homo ad proximam sanguinis sui non accedet ut revelet turpitudinem eius ego Dominus

Leviticus 18:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 18

In this chapter the Israelites are directed in general not to imitate the customs and practices of the Egyptians and Canaanites, but to keep the ordinances, statutes, and judgments of the Lord, Le 18:1-5; and they are instructed particularly to avoid incestuous marriages, Le 18:6-18; carnal copulation with a menstruous woman, Le 18:19; adultery, Le 18:20; letting any of their seed pass through the fire to Molech, Le 18:21; sodomy, Le 18:22; and bestiality, Le 18:23; and they are deterred from these things by observing to them the pollution and destruction which they brought on the inhabitants of Canaan, and would bring the same on them should they commit them, Le 18:24-30.