| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, | 1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, |
| 2“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘I am the LORD your God. | 2"Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God. |
| 3According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. | 3'You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. |
| 4You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the LORD your God. | 4'You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the LORD your God. |
| 5You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the LORD. | 5'So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which a man may live if he does them; I am the LORD. |
| 6‘None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the LORD. | 6'None of you shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness; I am the LORD. |
| 7The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover. She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. | 7'You 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. |
| 8The nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your father’s nakedness. | 8'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife; it is your father's nakedness. |
| 9The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover. | 9The nakedness of your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover. |
| 10The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for theirs is your own nakedness. | 10'The nakedness of your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for their nakedness is yours. |
| 11The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father—she is your sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness. | 11'The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. |
| 12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near of kin to your father. | 12'You 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 near of kin to your mother. | 13'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister, for she is your mother's blood relative. |
| 14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt. | 14'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt. |
| 15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she is your son’s wife—you shall not uncover her nakedness. | 15'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. |
| 16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. | 16'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife; it is your brother's nakedness. |
| 17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near of kin to her. It is wickedness. | 17'You 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 lewdness. |
| 18Nor shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the other is alive. | 18'You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness. |
| 19‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her customary impurity. | 19'Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity. |
| 20Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her. | 20'You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor's wife, to be defiled with her. |
| 21And you shall not let any of your descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD. | 21'You shall not give any of your offspring to offer them to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I am the LORD. |
| 22You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination. | 22'You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination. |
| 23Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion. | 23'Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion. |
| 24‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you. | 24'Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. |
| 25For the land is defiled; therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants. | 25'For the land has become defiled, therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, so the land has spewed out its inhabitants. |
| 26You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you | 26But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you |
| 27(for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled), | 27(for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); |
| 28lest the land vomit you out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you. | 28so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. |
| 29For whoever commits any of these abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off from among their people. | 29For whoever does any of these abominations, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. |
| 30‘Therefore you shall keep My ordinance, so that you do not commit any of these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.’ ” | 30'Thus you are to keep My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; I am the LORD your God.'" |
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