1. The Lord said to Moses:
2. Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I, the Lord, am your God.
3. You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you once lived, nor shall you do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; do not conform to their customs.
4. My decrees you shall carry out, and my statutes you shall take care to follow. I, the Lord, am your God.
5. Keep, then, my statutes and decrees, for the person who carries them out will find life through them. I am the Lord.
6. None of you shall approach a close relative to have sexual intercourse. I am the Lord.
7. You shall not disgrace your father by having intercourse with your mother. She is your own mother; you shall not have intercourse with her.
8. You shall not have intercourse with your father’s wife, for that would be a disgrace to your father.
9. You shall not have intercourse with your sister, your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in your own household or born elsewhere.
10. You shall not have intercourse with your son’s daughter or with your daughter’s daughter, for that would be a disgrace to you.
11. You shall not have intercourse with the daughter whom your father’s wife bore to him in his household, since she, too, is your sister.