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Leviticus Chapter 18

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Leviticus

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Leviticus 18 records God's command that Israel must not commit sexual immorality, including adultery, lewdness, or sexual relations with animals, and it forbids sexual acts with a virgin's body. It also lists other prohibited sexual behaviors such as having sexual intercourse with a corpse or a dead animal, and it commands that any violation be punished with death. The chapter emphasizes the holiness of sexual purity and the seriousness of sexual sins.

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(1) And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
(2) Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 18:4Leviticus 11:44Leviticus 19:3Leviticus 19:4Leviticus 19:10Leviticus 19:34Leviticus 20:7Genesis 17:7Exodus 6:7Exodus 20:2Psalms 33:12Ezekiel 20:5

(3) 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.
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Psalms 106:35Ezekiel 20:7Ezekiel 20:8Ezekiel 23:8Ephesians 5:7Ephesians 5:8Ephesians 5:9Ephesians 5:10Ephesians 5:11I Peter 4:2I Peter 4:3I Peter 4:4

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Genesis 37:1Exodus 18:20Ezekiel 20:43Zephaniah 3:11Ezekiel 36:17

(4) Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 18:26Leviticus 19:37Leviticus 20:22Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 4:2Deuteronomy 6:1Psalms 105:45Psalms 119:4Ezekiel 20:19Ezekiel 36:27Ezekiel 37:24Luke 1:6

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Jeremiah 6:16Revelation 10:6I Kings 6:12

(5) Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 20:11Ezekiel 20:13Ezekiel 20:21Luke 10:28Romans 10:5Galatians 3:12Exodus 6:2Exodus 6:6Exodus 6:29Malachi 3:6

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Ezekiel 5:6Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 12:1Deuteronomy 30:16Ezekiel 18:9Ezekiel 18:17

(6) None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:8Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:11Leviticus 18:12Leviticus 18:13Leviticus 18:14Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:16Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 18:18

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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 20:19Leviticus 18:8

(7) 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.
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Leviticus 20:11Ezekiel 22:10

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Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 20:17Luke 12:53

(8) The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
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Leviticus 20:11Genesis 35:22Genesis 49:4Deuteronomy 22:30Deuteronomy 27:20II Samuel 16:21II Samuel 16:22Ezekiel 22:10Amos 2:7I Corinthians 5:1

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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:11Leviticus 18:12Genesis 9:23

(9) 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.
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Leviticus 20:17Deuteronomy 27:22II Samuel 13:11II Samuel 13:12II Samuel 13:13II Samuel 13:14Ezekiel 22:11

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Luke 12:53Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:11

(10) 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.
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Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:11

(11) The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:8

(12) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
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Leviticus 20:19Exodus 6:20

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Leviticus 20:19Leviticus 18:8Leviticus 18:11Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:13Leviticus 18:7

(13) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
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Leviticus 20:19Genesis 29:10Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:12Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:17

(14) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
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Leviticus 20:20

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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:8Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:11Leviticus 18:12Leviticus 18:15

(15) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
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Leviticus 20:12Genesis 38:18Genesis 38:19Genesis 38:26Ezekiel 22:11

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Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 18:11

(16) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
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Leviticus 20:21Deuteronomy 25:5Matthew 14:3Matthew 14:4Matthew 22:24Mark 6:17Mark 12:19Luke 3:19

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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 20:21Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:17Leviticus 20:17

(17) 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.
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Leviticus 20:14Deuteronomy 27:23Amos 2:7

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Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 20:17Luke 12:53Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:7

(18) Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
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Genesis 4:19Genesis 29:28Exodus 26:3Genesis 30:15I Samuel 1:6I Samuel 1:7I Samuel 1:8Malachi 2:15

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Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:11Leviticus 20:17Leviticus 20:19Leviticus 18:10

(19) Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
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Leviticus 15:19Leviticus 15:24Leviticus 20:18Ezekiel 18:6Ezekiel 22:10

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Leviticus 18:7Zechariah 12:12Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:17Zechariah 12:13

(20) Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
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Leviticus 20:10Exodus 20:14Deuteronomy 5:18Deuteronomy 22:22Deuteronomy 22:25II Samuel 11:3II Samuel 11:4II Samuel 11:27Proverbs 6:25Proverbs 6:29Proverbs 6:30Proverbs 6:31

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Leviticus 18:23Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:21

(21) 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.
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Leviticus 20:2Deuteronomy 12:31Deuteronomy 18:10II Kings 16:3II Kings 21:6II Kings 23:10Psalms 106:37Psalms 106:38Jeremiah 7:31Jeremiah 19:5Ezekiel 20:31Ezekiel 23:37

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Genesis 26:4Leviticus 20:3Jeremiah 33:26

(22) Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
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Leviticus 20:13Genesis 19:5Judges 19:22I Kings 14:24Romans 1:26Romans 1:27I Corinthians 6:9I Timothy 1:10Jude 1:7

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Leviticus 20:13II Kings 23:13

(23) 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.
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Leviticus 20:15Leviticus 20:16Exodus 22:19Leviticus 20:12

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Revelation 4:7Leviticus 20:16Leviticus 20:15Leviticus 24:18Revelation 13:4Revelation 13:15

(24) Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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Leviticus 18:6Leviticus 18:7Leviticus 18:8Leviticus 18:9Leviticus 18:10Leviticus 18:11Leviticus 18:12Leviticus 18:13Leviticus 18:14Leviticus 18:15Leviticus 18:16Leviticus 18:17

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Leviticus 11:43Leviticus 11:44Isaiah 8:9

(25) And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
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Numbers 35:33Numbers 35:34Psalms 106:38Isaiah 24:5Jeremiah 2:7Jeremiah 16:18Ezekiel 36:17Ezekiel 36:18Romans 8:22Psalms 89:32Isaiah 26:21Jeremiah 5:9

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Isaiah 10:15Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Lamentations 4:22

(26) 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:
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Leviticus 18:5Leviticus 18:30Deuteronomy 4:1Deuteronomy 4:2Deuteronomy 4:40Deuteronomy 12:32Psalms 105:44Psalms 105:45Luke 8:15Luke 11:28John 14:15John 14:21

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Jeremiah 5:15Ezekiel 5:6Deuteronomy 4:8Numbers 15:15Ezekiel 5:7Leviticus 18:29

(27) (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
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Leviticus 18:24Deuteronomy 20:18Deuteronomy 23:18Deuteronomy 25:16Deuteronomy 27:15I Kings 14:24II Kings 16:3II Kings 21:2II Chronicles 36:14Ezekiel 16:50Ezekiel 22:11Hosea 9:10

(28) That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
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Leviticus 18:25Leviticus 20:22Jeremiah 9:19Ezekiel 36:13Ezekiel 36:17Romans 8:22Revelation 3:16

(29) For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
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Leviticus 17:10Leviticus 20:6Exodus 12:15

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Romans 2:22Ezekiel 8:17Matthew 5:32Numbers 5:6Hosea 4:13Hosea 4:14

(30) 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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Leviticus 18:3Leviticus 18:26Leviticus 18:27Leviticus 20:23Deuteronomy 18:9Deuteronomy 18:10Deuteronomy 18:11Deuteronomy 18:12Leviticus 18:2Leviticus 18:4

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Revelation 10:6Leviticus 11:43Leviticus 11:44Isaiah 8:9Romans 2:22

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