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Leviticus 18

30 aligned verses; 30 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Then the LORD said to Moses,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Speak to the Israelites and tell them : I am the LORD your God .
` Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them , I ` am ' Jehovah your God ;
You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt , where you used to live , and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan , into which I am bringing you . You must not walk in their customs .
according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not , and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not , and in their statutes ye walk not .
You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them . I am the LORD your God .
` My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them ; I ` am ' Jehovah your God ;
Keep My statutes and My judgments , for the man who does these things will live by them . I am the LORD .
and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them ; I ` am ' Jehovah .
None of you are to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the LORD .
` None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I ` am ' Jehovah .
You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother . She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
` The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she ` is ' thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness .
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
`The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover ; it `is' the nakedness of thy father.
You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere .
`The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother , born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness .
You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter , for that would shame your family .
`The nakedness of thy son's daughter , or of thy daughter's daughter : thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs `is' thy nakedness .
You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father ; she is your sister.
` The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father , she ` is ' thy sister ; thou dost not uncover her nakedness .
You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative .
`The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover ; she ` is ' a relation of thy father .
You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister , for she is your mother’s close relative .
`The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she ` is ' thy mother's relation .
You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her ; she is your aunt.
`The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near ; she ` is ' thine aunt.
You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law . She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
`The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she ` is ' thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness .
You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother .
`The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover ; it `is' thy brother's nakedness .
You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter . You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her . They are close relatives ; it is depraved .
`The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter , and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they ` are ' her relations ; it ` is ' wickedness .
You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive .
`And a woman unto another thou dost not take , to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life .
You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period .
`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness .
You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
` And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.
You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech , for you must not profane the name of your God . I am the LORD .
`And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech ; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God ; I ` am ' Jehovah .
You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it `is' .
You must not lie carnally with any animal , thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion .
`And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation , for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it ` is ' .
Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices , for by all these things the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves.
`Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you ;
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin , and the land will vomit out its inhabitants .
and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it , and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants :
But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances , and you must not commit any of these abominations —neither your native -born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
and ye -- ye have kept My statutes and My judgments , and do not ` any ' of all these abominations , the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,
For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations , and the land has become defiled .
( for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled ),
So if you defile the land , it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you .
and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which `is' before you ;
Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people .
for any one who doth ` any ' of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing `so', have been cut off from the midst of their people ;
You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them . I am the LORD your God.
and ye have kept My charge , so as not to do ` any ' of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them ; I ` am ' Jehovah your God. '

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