Thematic Bible
Leviticus 18:1 (show verse)
The LORD said to Moses,
Leviticus 18:2 (show verse)
"Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, 'I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 18:3 (show verse)
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
Leviticus 18:4 (show verse)
You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 18:5 (show verse)
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 18:6 (show verse)
"'None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
Leviticus 18:7 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:8 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife: it is your father's nakedness.
Leviticus 18:9 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.
Leviticus 18:10 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness: for theirs is your own nakedness.
Leviticus 18:11 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
Leviticus 18:12 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's flesh.
Leviticus 18:13 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister: for she is your mother's flesh
Leviticus 18:14 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
Leviticus 18:15 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
Leviticus 18:16 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
Leviticus 18:17 (show verse)
"'You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
Leviticus 18:18 (show verse)
"'You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
Leviticus 18:19 (show verse)
"'You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
Leviticus 18:20 (show verse)
"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
Leviticus 18:21 (show verse)
"'You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech; neither shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
Abomination » Things that are, to God » Offering seed to molech
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Molech or milcom
Molech » See
Name » Not misusing the name of the lord
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Sacrifice » Not sacrificing your children
Sacrifices » Human beings offered as
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Idolatry » Idols, &c mentioned in scripture » Molech or milcom
Molech » See
Name » Not misusing the name of the lord
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Sacrifice » Not sacrificing your children
Sacrifices » Human beings offered as
false Worship » gods, false » Images » Names of » Molech, moloch, or milcom, a God of the ammonites
Leviticus 18:22 (show verse)
"'You shall not have sexual relations with a male, as with a woman. That is detestable.
Leviticus 18:23 (show verse)
"'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
Leviticus 18:24 (show verse)
"'Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
Leviticus 18:25 (show verse)
The land was defiled: therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
Canaan, land of » Miscellaneous topics » Polluted, by sin
Canaanites » Wickedness of
Defilement » Not defiling
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The land
Defilement » Those that defile themselves
Defilement » Moral, punished
Heathen » Cast out of canaan
Holy land » Inhabitants of, expelled for wickedness
Judgments » Upon the canaanites
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
national Sins » Defile » The land
Canaanites » Wickedness of
Defilement » Not defiling
Defilement » Things liable to ceremonial » The land
Defilement » Those that defile themselves
Defilement » Moral, punished
Heathen » Cast out of canaan
Holy land » Inhabitants of, expelled for wickedness
Judgments » Upon the canaanites
Land » Land measure a cubit = 1824 ft » Polluted, by sin
national Sins » Defile » The land
Leviticus 18:26 (show verse)
You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
Leviticus 18:27 (show verse)
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land became defiled);
Leviticus 18:28 (show verse)
that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
Leviticus 18:29 (show verse)
"'For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.
Leviticus 18:30 (show verse)
Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them: I am the LORD your God.'"