The Bible. Various Authors

      18:2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.

      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.

      18:4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

      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.

      18:6 None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

      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.

      18:8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

      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.

      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.

      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.

      18:12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

      18:13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

      18:14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

      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.

      18:16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

      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.

      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.

      18:19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

      18:20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

      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.

      18:22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

      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.

      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:

      18:25 And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

      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:

      18:27 (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

      18:28 That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

      18:29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

      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.

      19:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

      19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.

      19:3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths: I am the LORD your God.

      19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God.

      19:5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.

      19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.

      19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.

      19:8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

      19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.

      19:10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God.

      19:11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.

      19:12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

      19:13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

      19:14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.

      19:15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

      19:16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the LORD.

      19:17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

      19:18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

      19:19 Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

      19:20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

      19:21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.

      19:22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done: and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.

      19:23 And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.

      19:24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.

      19:25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God.

      19:26 Ye