The World English Bible (WEB) Part 23

18:12 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near kinswoman.

18:13 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's near kinswoman.

18:14 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.

18:15 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

18:16 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.

18:17 "'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter.

You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

18:18 "'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.

18:19 "'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

18:20 "'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

18:21 "'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your G.o.d: I am Yahweh.

18:22 "'You shall not lie with a man, as with a woman. That is detestable.

18:23 "'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.

18:24 "'Don't defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. 18:25 The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. 18:26 You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; 18:27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled); 18:28 that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

18:29 "'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. 18:30 Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am Yahweh your G.o.d.'"

19:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 19:2 "Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, 'You shall be holy; for I Yahweh your G.o.d am holy.

19:3 "'Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am Yahweh your G.o.d.

19:4 "'Don't turn to idols, nor make molten G.o.ds for yourselves. I am Yahweh your G.o.d.

19:5 "'When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. 19:6 It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day: and if anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. 19:7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; 19:8 but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of Yahweh, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

19:9 "'When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 19:10 You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am Yahweh your G.o.d.

19:11 "'You shall not steal; neither shall you deal falsely, nor lie to one another.

19:12 "'You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your G.o.d. I am Yahweh.

19:13 "'You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

19:14 "'You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your G.o.d. I am Yahweh.

19:15 "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

19:16 "'You shall not go up and down as a slanderer among your people; neither shall you stand against the life of your neighbor. I am Yahweh.

19:17 "'You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

19:18 "'You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am Yahweh.

19:19 "'You shall keep my statutes.

"'You shall not crossbreed different kinds of animals.

"'you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed;

"'neither shall there come upon on you a garment made of two kinds of material.

19:20 "'If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free. 19:21 He shall bring his trespa.s.s offering to Yahweh, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespa.s.s offering. 19:22 The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespa.s.s offering before Yahweh for his sin which he has committed: and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

19:23 "'When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. Three years shall they be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten. 19:24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to Yahweh.

19:25 In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am Yahweh your G.o.d.

19:26 "'You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it; neither shall you use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

19:27 "'You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your heads, neither shall you clip off the edge of your beard.

19:28 "'You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am Yahweh.

19:29 "'Don't profane your daughter, to make her a prost.i.tute; lest the land fall to prost.i.tution, and the land become full of wickedness.

19:30 "'You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Yahweh.

19:31 "'Don't turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don't seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am Yahweh your G.o.d.

19:32 "'You shall rise up before the gray head, and honor the face of an old man, and you shall fear your G.o.d. I am Yahweh.

19:33 "'If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 19:34 The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am Yahweh your G.o.d.

19:35 "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quant.i.ty. 19:36 You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am Yahweh your G.o.d, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. 19:37 You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.'"

20:1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 20:2 "Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel, 'Anyone of the children of Israel, or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel, who gives any of his seed to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones. 20:3 I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his seed to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

20:4 If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his seed to Molech, and don't put him to death; 20:5 then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prost.i.tute after him, to play the prost.i.tute with Molech, from among their people.

20:6 "'The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prost.i.tute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

20:7 "'Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh your G.o.d. 20:8 You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh who sanctifies you.

20:9 "'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

20:10 "'The man who commits adultery with another man's wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 20:11 The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

20:12 "'If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.

20:13 "'If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.