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1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
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And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: I am the Lord your God.
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Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.
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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 ordinances.
4 My ordinances you shall observe and my statutes you shall keep, following them: I am the Lord your God.
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Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
5 You shall keep my statutes and my ordinances; by doing so one shall live: I am the Lord.
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Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
6 None of you shall approach anyone near of kin to uncover nakedness: I am the Lord.
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None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, which is the nakedness of your mother; she is your mother, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
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The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is the nakedness of your father.
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The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or born abroad.
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The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter or of your daughter's daughter, for their nakedness is your own nakedness.
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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.
11 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, begotten by your father, since she is your sister.
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The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister; she is your father's flesh.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's flesh.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, that is, you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, and you shall not take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter to uncover her nakedness; they are your flesh; it is depravity.
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Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 And you shall not take a woman as a rival to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
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Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
19 You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness while she is in her menstrual uncleanness.
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Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 You shall not have sexual relations with your kinsman's wife, and defile yourself with her.
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Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
21 You shall not give any of your offspring to sacrifice them to Molech, and so profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.
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And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
22 You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination.
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Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23 You shall not have sexual relations with any animal and defile yourself with it, nor shall any woman give herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it: it is perversion.
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Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for by all these practices the nations I am casting out before you have defiled themselves.
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Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 Thus the land became defiled; and I punished it for its iniquity, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.
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And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 But you shall keep my statutes and my ordinances and commit none of these abominations, either the citizen or the alien who resides among you
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Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (for the inhabitants of the land, who were before you, committed all of these abominations, and the land became defiled);
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(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 otherwise the land will vomit you out for defiling it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
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That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
29 For whoever commits any of these abominations shall be cut off from their people.
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For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 So keep my charge not to commit any of these abominations that were done before you, and not to defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.
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Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The King James Version is in the public domain.