Thematic Bible
Leviticus 18:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 18:2 (show verse)
“Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, ‘I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 18:3 (show verse)
You shall not do what is done in the land of Egypt where you lived, and you shall not do what is done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes (practices, customs).
Leviticus 18:4 (show verse)
You are to follow My judgments (precepts, ordinances) and keep My statutes and live by them. I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 18:5 (show verse)
So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which, if a person keeps them, he shall live; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:6 (show verse)
‘No one shall approach any blood relative of his to uncover nakedness (have intimate relations). I am the Lord.
Leviticus 18:7 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:8 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness.
Leviticus 18:9 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, either the daughter of your father or of your mother, whether born at home or born elsewhere.
Leviticus 18:10 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; their nakedness you shall not uncover, for they are your own nakedness [that is, your own descendants].
Leviticus 18:11 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter; born to your father, she is your sister.
Leviticus 18:12 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative.
Leviticus 18:13 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative.
Leviticus 18:14 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother’s wife; you shall not approach his wife; she is your aunt.
Leviticus 18:15 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:16 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness.
Leviticus 18:17 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness (have intimate relations with them); they are [her] blood relatives; it is an outrageous offense.
Leviticus 18:18 (show verse)
You shall not marry a woman in addition to her sister as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:19 (show verse)
‘Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her menstrual impurity and ceremonial uncleanness.
Leviticus 18:20 (show verse)
You shall not have intimate relations with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her.
Leviticus 18:21 (show verse)
You shall not give any of your children to offer them [by fire as a sacrifice] to Molech [the god of the Ammonites], nor shall you profane the name of your God [by honoring idols as gods]. I am the Lord.
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Offering seed to molech
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Molech or milcom
Molech » See
Name » Not misusing the name of the lord
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Sacrifice » Not sacrificing your children
Sacrifices » Human beings offered as
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Molech or milcom
Molech » See
Name » Not misusing the name of the lord
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Sacrifice » Not sacrificing your children
Sacrifices » Human beings offered as
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Leviticus 18:22 (show verse)
You shall not lie [intimately] with a male as one lies with a female; it is repulsive.
Leviticus 18:23 (show verse)
You shall not have intimate relations with any animal to be defiled with it; nor shall a woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.
Leviticus 18:24 (show verse)
‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled.
Leviticus 18:25 (show verse)
For the land has become defiled; therefore I have brought its punishment upon it, and the land vomits out its inhabitants.
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Polluted, by sin
Canaanites » Wickedness of
Defilement » Not defiling
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The land
Defilement » Those that defile themselves
Defilement » Moral, punished
Heathen » Cast out of canaan
Holy land » Inhabitants of, expelled for wickedness
Judgments » Upon the canaanites
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
national Sins » Defile » The land
Canaanites » Wickedness of
Defilement » Not defiling
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The land
Defilement » Those that defile themselves
Defilement » Moral, punished
Heathen » Cast out of canaan
Holy land » Inhabitants of, expelled for wickedness
Judgments » Upon the canaanites
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
national Sins » Defile » The land
Leviticus 18:26 (show verse)
But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments (precepts) and shall not commit any of these repulsive acts, neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives temporarily among you
Leviticus 18:27 (show verse)
(for all these repulsive acts have been done by the men who lived in the land before you, and the land has become defiled);
Leviticus 18:28 (show verse)
[do none of these things] so that the land will not vomit you out, should you defile it, as it has vomited out the nation which has been before you.
Leviticus 18:29 (show verse)
For whoever commits any of these repulsive acts, those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people [excluding them from the atonement made for them].
Leviticus 18:30 (show verse)
So keep My command: do not practice any of the repulsive customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves by them; I am the Lord your God.’”