1. Then the lord said to Moses,
2. “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the lord your God.
3. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life.
4. You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the lord your God.
5. If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the lord.
6. “You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the lord.
7. “Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8. “Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.