New American Standard Bible 2020
Leviticus 18:1-23
1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘1I am the Lord your God. 3You shall not do 2what is 3done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do 4what is 5done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, 6to live in accord with them; 7I am the Lord your God. 5So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, 8which, if 9a person 10follows them, then he will live by them; I am the Lord.
6‘None of you shall approach any blood relative 11of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. 712You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. 813You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. 9As for 14the nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born in the household or born outside the household, you shall not uncover their nakedness. 10The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for 15their nakedness is yours. 11The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, born to your father, she is your sister; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 1216You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. 13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. 1417You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. 1518You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 1619You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. 1720You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is an outrageous sin. 18And you shall not 21marry a woman in addition to her sister 22as a second wife while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.
19‘23Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her 24menstrual impurity. 20And 25you shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. 21You shall not give any of your children 26to 27offer them to Molech, nor shall you 28profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 2229You shall not sleep with a male as 30one sleeps with a female; it is an abomination. 2331Also you shall not have sexual intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to 32mate with it; it is a perversion.
Notes
- 1. Leviticus 18:2 Ex 6:7; Lev 11:44; Ezek 20:5 ↩
- 2. Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of ↩
- 3. Leviticus 18:3 Ezek 20:7, 8 ↩
- 4. Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of ↩
- 5. Leviticus 18:3 Lev 18:24-30; 20:23 ↩
- 6. Leviticus 18:4 Lit to walk in them ↩
- 7. Leviticus 18:4 Lev 18:2 ↩
- 8. Leviticus 18:5 Neh 9:29; Ezek 18:9; 20:11; Luke 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12 ↩
- 9. Leviticus 18:5 Lit the person ↩
- 10. Leviticus 18:5 Lit does them ↩
- 11. Leviticus 18:6 Lit of his flesh ↩
- 12. Leviticus 18:7 Lev 20:11; Deut 27:20; Ezek 22:10 ↩
- 13. Leviticus 18:8 Lev 20:11; Deut 22:30; 27:20; 1 Cor 5:1 ↩
- 14. Leviticus 18:9 Lev 18:11; 20:17; Deut 27:22 ↩
- 15. Leviticus 18:10 Lit they are your nakedness ↩
- 16. Leviticus 18:12 Lev 20:19 ↩
- 17. Leviticus 18:14 Lev 20:20 ↩
- 18. Leviticus 18:15 Lev 20:12 ↩
- 19. Leviticus 18:16 Lev 20:21 ↩
- 20. Leviticus 18:17 Lev 20:14 ↩
- 21. Leviticus 18:18 Lit take ↩
- 22. Leviticus 18:18 Lit to be ↩
- 23. Leviticus 18:19 Lev 15:24; 20:18 ↩
- 24. Leviticus 18:19 Lev 12:2 ↩
- 25. Leviticus 18:20 Lev 20:10; Prov 6:29; Matt 5:27, 28; 1 Cor 6:9; Heb 13:4 ↩
- 26. Leviticus 18:21 Lev 20:2-5; Deut 12:31 ↩
- 27. Leviticus 18:21 Lit make them pass over ↩
- 28. Leviticus 18:21 Lev 19:12; 20:3; 21:6; Ezek 36:20; Mal 1:12 ↩
- 29. Leviticus 18:22 Lev 20:13; Deut 23:18 mg; Rom 1:27 ↩
- 30. Leviticus 18:22 Lit a woman’s bed ↩
- 31. Leviticus 18:23 Ex 22:19; Lev 20:15, 16; Deut 27:21 ↩
- 32. Leviticus 18:23 Or lie ↩
Commentaries on Leviticus 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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