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Leviticus 18

30 aligned verses; 30 with wording or punctuation differences .

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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
` Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou hast said unto them, I ` am ' Jehovah your God ;
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God .
according to the work of the land of Egypt in which ye have dwelt ye do not , and according to the work of the land of Canaan whither I am bringing you in , ye do not , and in their statutes ye walk not .
After 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 .
`My judgments ye do, and My statutes ye keep, to walk in them; I ` am ' Jehovah your God ;
Ye shall do my judgments , and keep mine ordinances , to walk therein: I am the LORD your God .
and ye have kept My statutes and My judgments which man doth and liveth in them ; I ` am ' Jehovah .
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes , and my judgments : which if a man do, he shall live in them : I am the LORD .
` None of you unto any relation of his flesh doth draw near to uncover nakedness ; I ` am ' Jehovah .
None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness : I am the LORD .
` The nakedness of thy father and the nakedness of thy mother thou dost not uncover , she ` is ' thy mother; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father , or the nakedness of thy mother , shalt thou not uncover : she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
` The nakedness of the wife of thy father thou dost not uncover ; it ` is ' the nakedness of thy father .
The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover : it is thy father's nakedness .
` The nakedness of thy sister, daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, born at home or born without; thou dost not uncover their nakedness .
The 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.
` The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter : thou dost not uncover their nakedness; for theirs ` is ' thy nakedness.
The 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.
` The nakedness of a daughter of thy father's wife , begotten of thy father, she ` is ' thy sister ; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter , begotten of thy father, she is thy sister , thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
` The nakedness of a sister of thy father thou dost not uncover; she ` is ' a relation of thy father .
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman .
` The nakedness of thy mother's sister thou dost not uncover; for she ` is ' thy mother's relation .
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister : for she is thy mother's near kinswoman .
` The nakedness of thy father's brother thou dost not uncover; unto his wife thou dost not draw near; she ` is ' thine aunt.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother , thou shalt not approach to his wife : she is thine aunt.
` The nakedness of thy daughter - in - law thou dost not uncover; she ` is ' thy son's wife; thou dost not uncover her nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law : she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
` The nakedness of thy brother's wife thou dost not uncover; it ` is ' thy brother's nakedness.
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is thy brother's nakedness.
` The nakedness of a woman and her daughter thou dost not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter thou dost not take to uncover her nakedness; they ` are ' her relations; it ` is ' wickedness.
Thou 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.
`And a woman unto another thou dost not take, to be an adversary , to uncover her nakedness beside her , in her life.
Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister , to vex her , to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time .
`And unto a woman in the separation of her uncleanness thou dost not draw near to uncover her nakedness.
Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness , as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness .
`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation , for uncleanness with her.
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife , to defile thyself with her.
` And of thy seed thou dost not give to pass over to the Molech ; nor dost thou pollute the name of thy God ; I ` am ' Jehovah .
And 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 .
`And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it ` is ' .
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination .
`And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it ` is ' .
Neither 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 .
`Ye are not defiled with all these , for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you ;
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you :
and the land is defiled , and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants :
And the land is defiled : therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants .
and ye -- ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not ` any ' of all these abominations , the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst ,
Ye 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:
(for all these abominations have the men of the land done who `are' before you, and the land is defiled) ,
(For all these abominations have the men of the land done , which were before you, and the land is defiled ; )
and the land doth not vomit you out in your defiling it, as it hath vomited out the nation which `is' before you ;
That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you .
for any one who doth ` any ' of all these abominations -- even the persons who are doing `so', have been cut off from the midst of their people ;
For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations , even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people .
and ye have kept My charge , so as not to do ` any ' of the abominable statutes which have been done before you, and ye do not defile yourselves with them; I ` am ' Jehovah your God. '
Therefore 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.

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