Levítico 18:1-5

Relaciones sexuales ilícitas

1 El SEÑOR le ordenó a Moisés

2 que les dijera a los israelitas: «Yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios.

3 No imitarán ustedes las costumbres de Egipto, donde antes habitaban, ni tampoco las de Canaán, adonde los llevo. No se conducirán según sus estatutos,

4 sino que pondrán en práctica mis preceptos y observarán atentamente mis leyes. Yo soy el SEÑOR su Dios.

5 Observen mis estatutos y mis preceptos, pues todo el que los practique vivirá por ellos. Yo soy el SEÑOR.

Levítico 18:1-5 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.