3. Do not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, or follow the practices of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You must not follow their customs.
4. You are to practice My ordinances and you are to keep My statutes by following them; I am Yahweh your God.
5. Keep My statutes and ordinances; a person will live if he does them. I am Yahweh.
6. “You are not to come near any close relative for sexual intercourse; I am Yahweh.
7. You are not to shame your father by having sex with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual intercourse with her.
8. You are not to have sex with your father’s wife; it will shame your father.
9. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s, whether born at home or born elsewhere. You are not to have sex with her.
10. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, because it will shame your family.
11. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife’s daughter, who is adopted by your father; she is your sister.
12. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
13. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
14. You are not to shame your father’s brother by coming near his wife to have sexual intercourse; she is your aunt.
15. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her.
16. You are not to have sexual intercourse with your brother’s wife; it will shame your brother.
17. You are not to have sexual intercourse with a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sex with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
18. You are not to marry a woman as a rival to her sister and have sexual intercourse with her during her sister’s lifetime.
19. “You are not to come near a woman during her menstrual impurity to have sexual intercourse with her.