Passage · Old Testament
Leviticus 18:6-23
Lev.18.6-Lev.18.23
Explore this passage in the graph6“ ‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord. 7“ ‘Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her. 8“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; that would dishonor your father. 9“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere. 10“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you. 11“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister. 12“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative. 13“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative. 14“ ‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt. 15“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her. 16“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother. 17“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness. 18“ ‘Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living. 19“ ‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness of her monthly period. 20“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her. 21“ ‘Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord. 22“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable. 23“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion. Read this passage at the publisher: Read in NIV · Read in ESV
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