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Leviticus 18:16-30

Leviticus 18:16-30 NCV

“ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife. That would shame your brother. “ ‘You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. And do not have sexual relations with this woman’s granddaughter, either the daughter of her son or her daughter; they are her close relatives. It is evil to do this. “ ‘While your wife is still living, you must not take her sister as another wife. Do not have sexual relations with her. “ ‘You must not go near a woman to have sexual relations with her during her monthly period, when she is unclean. “ ‘You must not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and make yourself unclean with her. “ ‘You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, because this would show that you do not respect your God. I am the LORD. “ ‘You must not have sexual relations with a man as you would a woman. That is a hateful sin. “ ‘You must not have sexual relations with an animal and make yourself unclean with it. Also a woman must not have sexual relations with an animal; it is not natural. “ ‘Don’t make yourself unclean by any of these wrong things. I am forcing nations out of their countries because they did these sins, and I am giving their land to you. The land has become unclean, and I punished it for its sins, so the land is throwing out those people who live there. “ ‘You must obey my laws and rules, and you must not do any of these hateful sins. These rules are for the citizens of Israel and for the people who live with you. The people who lived in the land before you did all these hateful things and made the land unclean. If you do these things, you will also make the land unclean, and it will throw you out as it threw out the nations before you. Anyone who does these hateful sins must be cut off from the people. Keep my command not to do these hateful sins that were done by the people who lived in the land before you. Don’t make yourself unclean by doing them. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

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