1. The Lord spoke to Moses:
2. “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘I am the Lord your God!
3. You must not do as they do in the land of Egypt where you have been living, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan into which I am about to bring you; you must not walk in their statutes.
4. You must observe my regulations and you must be sure to walk in my statutes. I am the Lord your God.
5. So you must keep my statutes and my regulations; anyone who does so will live by keeping them. I am the Lord.
6. “‘No man is to approach any close relative to have sexual intercourse with her. I am the Lord.
7. You must not expose your father’s nakedness by having sexual intercourse with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have intercourse with her.
8. You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s wife; she is your father’s nakedness.
9. You must not have sexual intercourse with your sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she is born in the same household or born outside it; you must not have sexual intercourse with either of them.
10. You must not expose the nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter by having sexual intercourse with them, because they are your own nakedness.
11. You must not have sexual intercourse with the daughter of your father’s wife born of your father; she is your sister. You must not have intercourse with her.
12. You must not have sexual intercourse with your father’s sister; she is your father’s flesh.
13. You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s flesh.
14. You must not expose the nakedness of your father’s brother; you must not approach his wife to have sexual intercourse with her. She is your aunt.
15. You must not have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife. You must not have intercourse with her.