{"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/dbt/leviticus/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:40:23.884Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah spoke to 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 customs."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Mine ordinances shall ye do and my statutes shall ye observe to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, by which the man that doeth them shall live: I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"No one shall approach to any that is his near relation, to uncover his nakedness: I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The nakedness of thy father, and 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 daughter of thy mother, born at home, or born abroad their nakedness shalt thou not uncover."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter their nakedness shalt thou not uncover; for theirs is thy 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":"The nakedness of thy father's sister shalt thou not uncover: she is thy father's near relation."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The nakedness of thy mother's sister shalt thou not uncover; for she is thy mother's near relation."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The nakedness of thy father's brother shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not approach his wife: she is thine aunt."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law shalt thou not uncover: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The nakedness of thy brother's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy brother's nakedness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; thou shalt not take her son's daughter, nor her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness: they are her near relations: it is wickedness."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness beside her, during her life."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And thou shalt not approach a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And thou shalt not give of thy seed to let them pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"that the land vomit you not out, when ye make it unclean, as it vomited out the nation that was before you."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"For whoever committeth any of these abominations, ... the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And ye shall observe my charge, that ye commit not any of the abominable customs which were committed before you; and ye shall not make yourselves unclean therein: I am Jehovah your God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 18 (DBT)","markdown":"[Leviticus 18](https://primebible.com/dbt/leviticus/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/leviticus/18 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}