Leviticus:18 Parallel Bible - KJV DBY BAS |
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| Leviticus 18:1 | And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, | And the Lord said to Moses, |
| Leviticus 18:2 | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God. | Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God. | Say to the children of Israel, I am the Lord your God. |
| Leviticus 18:3 | After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances. | After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do; and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do; neither shall ye walk in their customs. | You may not do those things which were done in the land of Egypt where you were living; and you may not do those things which are done in the land of Canaan where I am taking you, or be guided in your behaviour by their rules. |
| Leviticus 18:4 | Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God. | Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God. | But you are to be guided by my decisions and keep my rules, and be guided by them: I am the Lord your God. |
| Leviticus 18:5 | Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. | And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah. | So keep my rules and my decisions, which, if a man does them, will be life to him: I am the Lord. |
| Leviticus 18:6 | None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. | No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah. | You may not have sex connection with anyone who is a near relation: I am the Lord. |
| Leviticus 18:7 | The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. | The nakedness of thy father, and the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. | You may not have sex relations with your father or your mother: she is your mother, you may not take her. |
| Leviticus 18:8 | The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. | The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness. | And you may not have sex relations with your father's wife: she is your father's. |
| Leviticus 18:9 | The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. | The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad their nakedness shalt thou not uncover. | You may not take your sister, the daughter of your father or of your mother, wherever her birth took place, among you or in another country. |
| Leviticus 18:10 | The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness. | The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy nakedness. | You may not have sex relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are part of yourself; |
| Leviticus 18:11 | The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. | The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father: she is thy sister: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. | Or your father's wife's daughter, the child of your father, for she is your sister. |
| Leviticus 18:12 | Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman. | The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation. | You may not have sex connection with your father's sister, for she is your father's near relation. |
| Leviticus 18:13 | Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman. | The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation. | You may not have sex connection with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's near relation. |
| Leviticus 18:14 | Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt. | The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt. | You may not have sex relations with the wife of your father's brother, for she is of your family; |
| Leviticus 18:15 | Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. | The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. | Or with your daughter-in-law, for she is your son's wife, and you may not take her. |
| Leviticus 18:16 | Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. | The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness. | You may not have sex relations with your brother's wife, for she is your brother's. |
| Leviticus 18:17 | Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness. | The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness. | You may not take as wife a woman and her daughter, or her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, for they are of one family: it is an act of shame. |
| Leviticus 18:18 | Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time. | And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life. | And you may not take as wife a woman and at the same time her sister, to be in competition with her in her life-time. |
| Leviticus 18:19 | Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. | And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness. | And you may not go near a woman or have sex relations with her when she is unclean, at her regular time. |
| Leviticus 18:20 | Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. | And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her. | And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her. |
| Leviticus 18:21 | And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. | And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah. | And you may not make any of your children go through the fire as an offering to Molech, and you may not put shame on the name of your God: I am the Lord. |
| Leviticus 18:22 | Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. | And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination. | You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing. |
| Leviticus 18:23 | Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. | And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion. | And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act. |
| Leviticus 18:24 | Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you: | Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean. | Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean: |
| Leviticus 18:25 | And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants. | And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants. | And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it. |
| Leviticus 18:26 | Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you: | But *ye* shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you; | So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you: |
| Leviticus 18:27 | (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;) | (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean); | (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;) |
| Leviticus 18:28 | That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you. | that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. | So that the land may not put you out from it, when you make it unclean, as it put out the nations which were there before you. |
| Leviticus 18:29 | For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. | For whoever committeth any of these abominations, ... the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people. | For all those who do any of these disgusting things will be cut off from among their people. |
| Leviticus 18:30 | Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. | And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not [any] of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God. | So then, keep my orders, so that you may not do any of these disgusting things which were done before you, or make yourselves unclean through them: I am the Lord your God. |
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