1. The Lord told Moses
2. to say to the people of Israel, “I am the Lord your God.
3. Do not follow the practices of the people of Egypt, where you once lived, or of the people in the land of Canaan, where I am now taking you.
4. Obey my laws and do what I command. I am the Lord your God.
5. Follow the practices and the laws that I give you; you will save your life by doing so. I am the Lord.”
6. The Lord gave the following regulations. Do not have sexual intercourse with any of your relatives.
7. Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with your mother. You must not disgrace your own mother.
8. Do not disgrace your father by having intercourse with any of his other wives.
9. Do not have intercourse with your sister or your stepsister, whether or not she was brought up in the same house with you.