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Chapter 18
Rules about sex
1The Lord said to Moses, 2‘Tell Israel's people that I am the Lord their God. 3They were living in Egypt, but they must not do as the people in Egypt do. Now I am bringing them to live in Canaan. They must not live in the way that the people in Canaan live. They must not do the things that those people do. 4They must obey my rules. I am the Lord their God. 5If they obey my rules and my laws, they will continue to live safely. I am the Lord.
6Tell them this:
A person must not have sex with anyone who belongs to his own family. I am the Lord.
7Do not have sex with your mother. That would cause your father to be ashamed.
8Do not have sex with any wife of your father. Your father would be ashamed.
9Do not have sex with your sister. Do not have sex with a sister who is your mother's daughter or your father's daughter. It does not matter if she was born in your house or in another house. Do not have sex with any sister.
10Do not have sex with any granddaughter. That would make you ashamed.
11Do not have sex with the daughter of your father and his wife. She is your sister.
12Do not have sex with your father's sister. She is his near relative.
13Do not have sex with your mother's sister. She is her near relative.
14Do not have sex with the wife of your father's brother. That would make your uncle ashamed. His wife is your aunt.
15Do not have sex with your son's wife.
16Do not have sex with your brother's wife. That would make your brother ashamed.
17Do not have sex with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sex with her son's daughter or with her daughter's daughter. They are her near relatives. It would be an evil thing to do.
18Do not marry your wife's sister as a second wife. If your wife is still alive, do not have sex with her sister.
19Do not have sex with a woman at the time when she bleeds each month. She is unclean during that time.
20Do not have sex with the wife of another man. You would become unclean.
21Do not offer your child as a sacrifice to the false god, Molech. This would spoil God's honour. He is the Lord.
22A man must not have sex with another man. That is an evil thing to do.
23Do not have sex with an animal. That would make you unclean. A woman must not offer herself to an animal to have sex with it. She would be doing a disgusting thing.
24Do not do any of these things. They would make you unclean. The people who live in Canaan do these things. It made them unclean. God will send those people out of their country. 25Canaan is unclean because the people did these things. This is why God pushed the people out of that land. 26But you and the foreigners with you must not do these wrong things. 27The people in Canaan did these bad things and the land became unclean. 28If you do these bad things, I will push you out of Canaan's land. I will send you away, like the people before you.
29You must send away any person who does any of these bad things. 30All the people must obey my rules. They must not do the bad things that the people in Canaan did. If they did them, my people would become unclean. I am the Lord your God.’