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1The LORD told Moses,

1The LORD spoke to Moses:

2"Tell the Israelis that I am the LORD your God.

2"Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.

3You are not to do what you used to do in the land of Egypt where you lived. You are not to do what Canaan does, where I'm about to bring you, so that you live according to their statutes.

3Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.

4Obey my ordinances and keep my statutes by living by them. I am the LORD your God.

4You are to practice my ordinances and you are to keep my statutes by following them; I am the LORD your God.

5Keep my statutes and my ordinances, which a person is to obey in order to live in them. I am the LORD.

5Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am the LORD.

6"A person is not to approach a near blood relative for sexual relations. I am the LORD.

6"You are not to come near any close relative for sexual intercourse; I am the LORD.

7"Neither your father's nakedness nor your mother's nakedness is to be exposed. She's your mother, so you are not to have sexual relations with her.

7You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father and mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her.

8"You are not to have sexual relations with your father's wife. It's your own father's nakedness.

8You are not to have sex with your father's wife; she is your father's family.

9"You are not to have sexual relations with your sister, whether she's your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she's born in your home or outside your home. You are not to have sexual relations with her.

9You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.

10"You are not to have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter. You are not to have sexual relations with them, because their nakedness is your own nakedness.

10You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter, for they are your family.

11"You are not to have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's wife. Born of your father, she's your sister, so you are not to have sexual relations with her.

11You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father's wife's daughter, who is adopted by your father; she is your sister.

12"You are not to have sexual relations with your father's sister. She's your father's near blood relative.

12You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative.

13"You are not to have sexual relations with your mother's sister. She's your mother's near blood relative.

13You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother's sister, for she is your mother's close relative.

14"You are not to expose the nakedness of your father's brother by having sexual relations with his wife. She's your aunt.

14You are not to violate the intimacy that belongs to your father's brother by approaching his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.

15"You are not to expose the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She's the wife of your son. You are not to have sexual relations with her.

15You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; you are not to have sex with her.

16"You are not to have sexual relations with your brother's wife. She's the nakedness of your brother.

16You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother's wife; she is your brother's family.

17"You are not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter. "You are not to have sexual relations with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They're near blood relatives. It's wickedness.

17You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.

18"You are not to marry a woman and then have sexual relations with her sister as a rival when your wife is still alive.

18You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister's lifetime.

19"You are not to approach a menstruating woman to have sexual relations with her.

19"You are not to approach a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.

20"You are not to have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and thereby become ceremonially unclean with her."

20You are not to have sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife, defiling yourself with her.

21"You are not to present any of your children to Molech as a sacrifice. That way, you won't defile the name of your God." "I am the LORD.

21"You are not to sacrifice any of your children in the fire to Molech. Do not profane the name of your God; I am the LORD.

22You are not to have sexual relations with a male as you would with a woman. It's detestable."

22You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman; it is detestable.

23"You are not to present yourself to an animal in order to have sexual relations with it and by doing so to defile yourself. A woman is not to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it. It's detestable.

23You are not to have sexual intercourse with any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

24"You are not to defile yourselves by doing any of these things, since all of these nations that I'm casting out before you have defiled themselves this way.

24"Do not defile yourselves by any of these practices, for the nations I am driving out before you have defiled themselves by all these things.

25The land has been defiled, so I brought the punishment of its iniquity to it. As a result, the land is vomiting out its inhabitants.

25The land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its iniquity, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.

26"Therefore, keep my statutes and ordinances. You are not to do any of these detestable things—this applies to the native born and the resident alien who lives among you—

26But you are to keep my statutes and ordinances. You must not commit any of these detestable acts--not the native or the alien who resides among you.

27because the inhabitants of the land did all of these detestable things and by doing so defiled the land before you.

27For the people who were in the land prior to you have committed all these detestable acts, and the land has become defiled.

28So you are not to let the land vomit you up because of your uncleanness as it is vomiting the nations that were here before you.

28If you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it has vomited out the nations that were before you.

29Anyone who does any of these detestable things—whoever the person may be—is to be eliminated from contact with his people.

29Any person who does any of these detestable practices is to be cut off from his people.

30Therefore, keep my injunctions so that you won't practice these detestable things that have been done before you, and so that you won't be defiled in them. I am the LORD."

30You must keep my instruction to not do any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them; I am the LORD your God."

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