Leviticus 18
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Leviticus 18:6-22

6“‘No man is to approach any close relative to have sexual intercourse with her. I am the Lord.

7You must not expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her.

8You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.

9You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them.

10You must not expose the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter by having sexual intercourse with them, because they are your own nakedness.

11You must not have sexual intercourse with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have intercourse with her.

12You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.

13You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh.

14You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have sexual intercourse with her. She is your aunt.

15You must not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have intercourse with her.

16You must not have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; she is your brother’s nakedness.

17You must not have sexual intercourse with both a woman and her daughter; you must not take as wife either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to have intercourse with them. They are closely related to her – it is lewdness.

18You must not take a woman in marriage and then marry her sister as a rival wife while she is still alive, to have sexual intercourse with her.

19“‘You must not approach a woman in her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

20You must not have sexual intercourse with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

21You must not give any of your children as an offering to Molech, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord!

22You must not have sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman; it is a detestable act.

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