Leviticus 18:19-29

19 ad mulierem quae patitur menstrua non accedes nec revelabis foeditatem eius

20 cum uxore proximi tui non coibis nec seminis commixtione maculaberis

21 de semine tuo non dabis ut consecretur idolo Moloch nec pollues nomen Dei tui ego Dominus

22 cum masculo non commisceberis coitu femineo quia abominatio est

23 cum omni pecore non coibis nec maculaberis cum eo mulier non subcumbet iumento nec miscebitur ei quia scelus est

24 ne polluamini in omnibus his quibus contaminatae sunt universae gentes quas ego eiciam ante conspectum vestrum

25 et quibus polluta est terra cuius ego scelera visitabo ut evomat habitatores suos

26 custodite legitima mea atque iudicia et non faciat ex omnibus abominationibus istis tam indigena quam colonus qui peregrinatur apud vos

27 omnes enim execrationes istas fecerunt accolae terrae qui fuerunt ante vos et polluerunt eam

28 cavete ergo ne et vos similiter evomat cum paria feceritis sicut evomuit gentem quae fuit ante vos

29 omnis anima quae fecerit de abominationibus his quippiam peribit de medio populi sui

Leviticus 18:19-29 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.