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Leviticus 18

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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.

3After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.

4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.

5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.

6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

8The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.

9The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.

10The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.

11The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.

13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.

14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.

15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.

17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.

18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.

19Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.

20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.

22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

23Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

26Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:

27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.

29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.

30Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • לֹאlôʼH380830× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • עֶרְוָהʻervâhH617224× in this chapter

    nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)

  • אֵתʼêthH85318× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • גָּלָהgâlâhH154017× in this chapter

    to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

  • הוּאhûwʼH193111× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH80211× in this chapter

    a woman

  • בַּתbathH132310× in this chapter

    a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH621310× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • אָבʼâbH19× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8349× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • טָמֵאṭâmêʼH29308× in this chapter

    to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)

  • כֹּלkôlH36058× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • אֵלʼêlH4138× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֲנִיʼănîyH5898× in this chapter

    I

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30687× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7767× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • אָחוֹתʼâchôwthH2695× in this chapter

    a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)

  • חֻקָּהchuqqâhH27085× in this chapter

    {an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}

  • כִּיkîyH35885× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • אֵםʼêmH5175× in this chapter

    a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

  • פָּנִיםpânîymH64405× in this chapter

    the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

  • תּוֹעֵבַהtôwʻêbahH84415× in this chapter

    properly, something disgusting (morally), i.e. (as noun) an abhorrence; especially idolatry or (concretely) an idol

  • בֵּןbênH11214× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אֵלֶּהʼêl-lehH4284× in this chapter

    these or those

  • אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymH4304× in this chapter

    gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

  • שָׁמַרshâmarH81044× in this chapter

    properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.

  • אוֹʼôwH1763× in this chapter

    desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

  • אָחʼâchH2513× in this chapter

    a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))

  • מוֹלֶדֶתmôwledethH41383× in this chapter

    nativity (plural birth-place); by implication, lineage, native country; also offspring, family

  • מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49413× in this chapter

    properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

  • נָתַןnâthanH54143× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • קוֹאqôwʼH69583× in this chapter

    to vomit

  • קָרַבqârabH71263× in this chapter

    to approach (causatively, bring near) for whatever purpose

  • שְׁאֵרshᵉʼêrH76073× in this chapter

    flesh (as swelling out), as living or forfood; generally food of any kind; figuratively, kindred by blood

  • גּוֹיgôwyH14712× in this chapter

    a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts

  • דָבַרdâbarH16962× in this chapter

    perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue

  • הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter

    to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

  • הֵנָּהhênnâhH20072× in this chapter

    themselves (often used emphatic for the copula, also in indirect relation)

  • זֶרַעzeraʻH22332× in this chapter

    seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

  • יָשַׁבyâshabH34272× in this chapter

    properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry

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