Leviticus 18:4-14

4 My ordinances shall you do, and my statutes shall you keep, to walk therein: I am Yahweh your God.

5 You shall therefore keep my statutes, and my ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.

6 None of you shall approach to any who are close relatives to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I am Yahweh.

7 The nakedness of your father, even the nakedness of your mother, you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.

8 The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.

9 The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.

10 The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover: for theirs is your own nakedness.

11 The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.

12 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.

Leviticus 18:4-14 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.