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1 And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

2 `Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I *am Jehovah your God;

3 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.

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4 `My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I *am Jehovah your God;

5 and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them; I *am Jehovah.

6 `None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness; I *am Jehovah.

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7 `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.

8 `The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover; it *is the nakedness of thy father.

9 `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.

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10 `The nakedness of thy son`s daughter, or of thy daughter`s daughter: thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs *is thy nakedness.

11 `The nakedness of a daughter of thy father`s wife, begotten of thy father, she *is thy sister; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

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12 `The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she *is a relation of thy father.

13 `The nakedness of thy mother`s sister thou dost not uncover; for she *is thy mother`s relation.

14 `The nakedness of thy father`s brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she *is thine aunt.

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15 `The nakedness of thy daughter-in-law thou dost not uncover; she *is thy son`s wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.

16 `The nakedness of thy brother`s wife thou dost not uncover; it *is thy brother`s nakedness.

17 `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.

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18 `And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary, to uncover her nakedness beside her, in her life.

19 `And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.

20 `And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

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21 `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.

22 `And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it *is .

23 `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 .

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24 `Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

25 and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

26 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,

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27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who *are before you, and the land is defiled),

28 and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which *is before you;

29 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;

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30 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.`