{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/leviticus/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:05:54.071Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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 statutes."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"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;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 18 (ASV)","markdown":"[Leviticus 18](https://primebible.com/asv/leviticus/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/leviticus/18 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}