Leviticus 18:14-23

14 Do not have intercourse with your uncle's wife; she, too, is your aunt.
15 Do not have intercourse with your daughter-in-law 1
16 or with your brother's wife. 2
17 Do not have intercourse with the daughter or granddaughter of a woman with whom you have had intercourse; they may be related to you, and that would be incest. 3
18 Do not take your wife's sister as one of your wives, as long as your wife is living.
19 Do not have intercourse with a woman during her monthly period, because she is ritually unclean. 4
20 Do not have intercourse with another man's wife; that would make you ritually unclean. 5
21 Do not hand over any of your children to be used in the worship of the god Molech, because that would bring disgrace on the name of God, the Lord. 6
22 No man is to have sexual relations with another man; God hates that. 7
23 No man or woman is to have sexual relations with an animal; that perversion makes you ritually unclean. 8

Cross References 8

  • 1. 18.15Leviticus 20.12.
  • 2. 18.16Leviticus 20.21.
  • 3. 18.17Leviticus 20.14;Deuteronomy 27.23.
  • 4. 18.19Leviticus 20.18.
  • 5. 18.20Leviticus 20.10.
  • 6. 18.21Leviticus 20.1-5.
  • 7. 18.22Leviticus 20.13.
  • 8. 18.23Exodus 22.19;Leviticus 20.15, 16;Deuteronomy 27.21.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.