{"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/ylt/leviticus/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T09:29:35.173Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":30},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I am Jehovah your God;"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not, and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in, ye do not, and in their statutes ye walk not."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I am Jehovah your God;"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover, she is thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it is the nakedness of thy father."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"'The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs is thy nakedness."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she is a relation of thy father."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she is thy mother's relation."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she is thine aunt."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she is thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it is thy brother's nakedness."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they are her relations; it is wickedness."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"'And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"'And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God; I am Jehovah."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it is."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"and ye — ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not any of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,"},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which is before you;"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"for any one who doth any of all these abominations — even the persons who are doing so, have been cut off from the midst of their people;"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"and ye have kept My charge, so as not to do any of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I am Jehovah your God.'"}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 18 (YLT)","markdown":"[Leviticus 18](https://primebible.com/ylt/leviticus/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/leviticus/18 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}