Leviticus 17-18New King James Version (NKJV)
The Sanctity of Blood
17 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Speak to Aaron, to his sons, and to all
the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘This is the thing
which the Lord has commanded, saying: 3 “Whatever
man of the house of Israel who kills an ox or lamb or goat in the camp, or who
kills it outside the camp, 4 and
does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting to offer an offering
to the Lord before the tabernacle of the Lord, the guilt of
bloodshed shall be imputed to that man. He has shed blood; and that man shall
be cut off from among his people, 5 to the end that
the children of Israel may bring their sacrifices which they offer in the open
field, that they may bring them to the Lord at the door of the
tabernacle of meeting, to the priest, and offer them as peace
offerings to the Lord. 6 And the priest shall
sprinkle the blood on the altar of the Lord at the door
of the tabernacle of meeting, and burn the fat for a sweet aroma to
the Lord. 7 They shall no more offer their
sacrifices to demons, after whom they have played the harlot. This shall be a
statute forever for them throughout their generations.”’
8 “Also you shall say to them:
‘Whatever man of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you,
who offers a burnt offering or sacrifice, 9 and
does not bring it to the door of the tabernacle of meeting, to offer it to
the Lord, that man shall be cut off from among his people.
10 ‘And whatever man of the house of
Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who eats any blood, I will set
My face against that person who eats blood, and will cut him off from among his
people. 11 For the life of the flesh is in
the blood, and I have given it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your
souls; for it is the blood that makes
atonement for the soul.’ 12 Therefore I said to the
children of Israel, ‘No one among you shall eat blood, nor shall any stranger
who dwells among you eat blood.’
13 “Whatever man of the children of
Israel, or of the strangers who dwell among you, who hunts and catches any
animal or bird that may be eaten, he shall pour out its blood and cover it with
dust; 14 for it is the life of all
flesh. Its blood sustains its life. Therefore I said to the children of Israel,
‘You shall not eat the blood of any flesh, for the life of all flesh is its
blood. Whoever eats it shall be cut off.’
15 “And every person who eats what
died naturally or what was torn by beasts, whether
he is a native of your own country or a stranger, he shall both wash
his clothes and bathe in water, and be unclean until evening. Then he shall be
clean. 16 But if he does not wash them or
bathe his body, then he shall bear his guilt.”
Laws of Sexual Morality
18 Then the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say
to them: ‘I am the Lord your God. 3 According
to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and
according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you
shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. 4 You
shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your
God. 5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My
judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.
6 ‘None of you shall approach anyone
who is near of kin to him, to uncover his nakedness: I am the Lord. 7 The
nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover.
She is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness. 8 The
nakedness of your father’s wife you shall not uncover; it is your
father’s nakedness. 9 The nakedness of your sister,
the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born
at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10 The
nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness
you shall not uncover; for theirs is your own nakedness. 11 The
nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, begotten by your father—she is your
sister—you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12 You
shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is near
of kin to your father. 13 You shall not uncover the
nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is near of kin to
your mother. 14 You shall not uncover the nakedness
of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife; she is your
aunt. 15 You shall not uncover the nakedness of
your daughter-in-law—she is your son’s wife—you shall not
uncover her nakedness. 16 You shall not uncover the
nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s
nakedness. 17 You shall not uncover the nakedness
of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her
daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near
of kin to her. It is wickedness. 18 Nor
shall you take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while
the other is alive.
19 ‘Also you shall not approach a
woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is in her customary impurity. 20 Moreover
you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with
her. 21 And you shall not let any of your
descendants pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you
profane the name of your God: I am the Lord. 22 You
shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an
abomination. 23 Nor shall you mate with any animal,
to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate
with it. It is perversion.
24 ‘Do not defile yourselves with any
of these things; for by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting
out before you. 25 For the land is defiled;
therefore I visit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land vomits
out its inhabitants. 26 You shall therefore keep My
statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these
abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger
who dwells among you 27 (for all these abominations
the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus
the land is defiled), 28 lest the land vomit you
out also when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before
you. 29 For whoever commits any of these
abominations, the persons who commit them shall be cut off
from among their people.
30 ‘Therefore you shall keep My
ordinance, so that you do not commit any of
these abominable customs which were committed before you, and that you do not
defile yourselves by them: I am the Lord your God.’”
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