1<\/sup>And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:<\/span> <\/p>\n 2<\/sup>Speak to the sons of Israel, and you shall say to them: I am the Lord your God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 3<\/sup>You shall not act according to the custom of the land of Egypt, in which you have lived; nor shall you behave according to the habit of the region of Canaan, into which I will lead you; neither shall you walk in their ordinances.<\/span> <\/p>\n 4<\/sup>You shall accomplish my judgments, and you shall observe my precepts, and you shall walk in them. I am the Lord your God.<\/span> <\/p>\n 5<\/sup>Keep my laws and judgments; when a man does these, he shall live by them. I am the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n 6<\/sup>No man shall approach her who is a close blood-relative to him, so as to uncover her nakedness. I am the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n 7<\/sup>You shall not expose the nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 8<\/sup>You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your father.<\/span> <\/p>\n 9<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, whether from father or from mother, whether she was born at home or abroad.<\/span> <\/p>\n 10<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or your daughter’s daughter; for it is your own nakedness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 11<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, whom she bore to your father, and who is your sister.<\/span> <\/p>\n 12<\/sup>You shall not expose the nakedness of your father’s sister; for she is the flesh of your father.<\/span> <\/p>\n 13<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, because she is the flesh of your mother.<\/span> <\/p>\n 14<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, nor shall you approach his wife, who is joined to you by affinity.<\/span> <\/p>\n 15<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law, for she is your son’s wife; neither shall you expose her dishonor.<\/span> <\/p>\n 16<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; for it is the nakedness of your brother.<\/span> <\/p>\n 17<\/sup>You shall not uncover the nakedness of your wife and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, so as to uncover her dishonor; for they are her flesh, and such sexual intercourse is incest.<\/span> <\/p>\n 18<\/sup>You shall not take your wife’s sister as a rival mistress; nor shall you uncover her nakedness, while your wife is still living.<\/span> <\/p>\n 19<\/sup>You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 20<\/sup>You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed.<\/span> <\/p>\n 21<\/sup>You shall not give some of your seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor to pollute the name of your God. I am the Lord.<\/span> <\/p>\n 22<\/sup>You shall not commit sexual acts with a male, in place of sexual intercourse with a female, for this is an abomination.<\/span> <\/p>\n 23<\/sup>You shall not commit sexual acts with any animal, nor shall you be defiled by it. A woman shall not lie down with a beast, nor commit sexual acts with it; for this is wickedness.<\/span> <\/p>\n 24<\/sup>Do not pollute yourselves with any of these things, by which all of the nations, which I will cast out in your sight, have been contaminated<\/span> <\/p>\n 25<\/sup>and by which the land has been polluted. I will visit the wickedness of the land, so that it may vomit out its inhabitants.<\/span> <\/p>\n 26<\/sup>Keep my ordinances and judgments, and do not do any of these abominations: the native born, as well as the settler, who sojourns among you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 27<\/sup>For all these detestable things were done by the inhabitants of the land who were here before you, and they have polluted it.<\/span> <\/p>\n 28<\/sup>Therefore, beware, lest in a similar manner, it may vomit you out as well, if you do these same things, just as it vomited out the people who were before you.<\/span> <\/p>\n 29<\/sup>Every soul who shall commit any of these abominations shall perish from the midst of his people.<\/span> <\/p>\n 30<\/sup>Keep my commandments. Do not be willing to do the things which have been done by those who were before you, and do not be polluted by these things. I am the Lord your God.<\/span> <\/p>\n