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of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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

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

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

      ¹⁵ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

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

      ¹⁷ Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

      ¹⁸ And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time.

      ¹⁹ And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

      ²⁰ And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

      ²¹ And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

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

      ²³ And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

      ²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

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

      ²⁶ Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;

      ²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

      ²⁸ that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

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

      ³⁰ Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God.

      Chapter 19

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      ¹ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

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

      ³ Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father; and ye shall keep my sabbaths: I am Jehovah your God.

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

      ⁵ And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.

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

      ⁷ And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted:

      ⁸ but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

      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 gleaning of thy harvest.

      ¹⁰ And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather the fallen fruit of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and for the sojourner: I am Jehovah your God.

      ¹¹ Ye shall not steal; neither shall ye deal falsely, nor lie one to another.

      ¹² And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

      ¹³ Thou shalt not oppress thy neighbor, nor rob him: the wages of a hired servant shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.

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

      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 neighbor.

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

      ¹⁷ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thy heart: thou shalt surely rebuke thy neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

      ¹⁸ Thou shalt not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people; but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am Jehovah.

      ¹⁹ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with two kinds of seed: neither shall there come upon thee a garment of two kinds of stuff mingled together.

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

      ²¹ And he shall bring his trespass-offering unto Jehovah, unto the door of the tent of meeting, even a ram for a trespass-offering.

      ²² And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass-offering before Jehovah for his sin which he hath sinned: and the sin which he hath sinned shall be forgiven him.

      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 their uncircumcision: three years shall they be as uncircumcised unto you; it shall not be eaten.

      ²⁴ But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy, for giving praise unto Jehovah.

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

      ²⁶ Ye shall not eat anything with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practise augury.

      ²⁷ Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard.

      ²⁸ Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am Jehovah.

      ²⁹ Profane not thy daughter, to make her a harlot; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness.

      ³⁰ Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am Jehovah.

      ³¹ Turn ye not unto them that have familiar spirits, nor unto the wizards; seek them not out, to be defiled by them: I am Jehovah your God.

      ³² Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and thou shalt fear thy God: I am Jehovah.

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