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3 The Iſraelites oght not to follow the maners of the Egyptians and Canaanites 6 The mariages that are vnlawful

1.ANd the Lord ſpake vnto Moſes, ſay-

2.ing, Speake vnto the children of Iſraél, and ſay vnto them, I am the Lord your God.

3.After the ^a doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, ſhal ye not do: & after the maner of the land of Canáan, whither I wil bring you, ſhal ye not do, neither walke in their ordinances,

4.But do after my iudgements, & kepe mine ordinances, to walke therein: I am the Lord your God.

5.Ye ſhal kepe therefore my ſtatutes, and my iudgements, ^* which if a man do, he ſhal then liue in them: ^b I am the Lord.

6.¶ None ſhal come nere to anie of y^e kinred of his fleſh to ^c vncouer ^* her ^* ſhame: I am the Lord.

7.Thou ſhalt not vncouer the ſhame of thy father, nor the ſhame of thy mother: for ſhe is thy mother, thou ſhalt not diſcouer her ſhame.

8.^* The ſhame of thy fathers ^d wife ſhalt thou not diſcouer: ^* for ^* it ^* is ^* thy fathers ſhame.

9.Thou ſhalt not diſcouer the ſhame of thy ^e ſiſter the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether ſhe be borne at home, or borne without: thou ſhalt not diſcouer their ſhame.

10.The ſhame of thy ſonnes daughter, or of thy daughters daughter, thou ſhalt not, I ſay, vncouer their ſhame: for it is thy ^f ſhame.

11.The ſhame of thy fathers wiues daughter, begotten of thy father (for ſhe is thy ſiſter) thou ſhalt not, I ſay, diſcouer her ſhame.

12.^* Thou ſhalt not vncouer the ^ſhame of thy fathers ſiſter: ^* for ^* ſhe ^* is ^* thy fathers kinſewoman.

13.Thou ſhalt not diſcouer the ſhame of thy mothers ſiſter: for ſhe is thy mothers kinſewoman.

14.^* Thou ſhalt not vncouer the ſhame of thy ^g fathers brother: ^* that is ^* , thou ſhalt not go into his wife; ^* for ^* ſhe ^* is ^* thine ^ante.

15.^* Thou ſhalt not diſcouer the ſhame of thy daughter in lawe: for she is thy sonnes wife: therefore shalt thou not vncouer her shame.

16.Thou shalt not discouer ^h y^e shame of thy brothers wife: for it is thy brothers shame.

17.Thou shalt not discouer the shame of y wife & of her daughter, nether shalt ÿ take her sonnes daughter, nor her daughters daughter, to vncouer her shame: for they are thy kinsfolkes, & it were wickednes.

18.Also thou shalt not take a wife with her sister, during her life, to vexe her, in vncouering her ⁱ shame vpon her.

19.Thou shalt not also go vnto a woman to vncouer her shame, as long as she is put ^k aparte for her disease.

20.Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnal copulatiõ, to be defiled with her.

21.Also thou shalt not giue thy children to offer them vnto ^l Molech, nether shalt thou defile the Name of thy God: for I am the Lord.

22.Thou shalt not lie with the male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abominacion.

23.Thou shalt not also lie with anie beast to be defiled therewith, nether shal anie woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abominacion.

24.Ye shal not defile your selues in anie of these things: for in all these the nacions are defiled, which I wil cast out before you:

25.And the land is defiled: therefore I wil visit the wickednes thereof vpon it, and the land shal ^m vomet out her inhabitants.

26.Ye shal kepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgements, and commit none of these abominations, aswel he that is of the same countrey, as the stranger that soiourneth among you.

27.(For all these abominacions haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

28.And shal not the land ⁿ spue you out if ye defile it, as it spued out the people y^t were before you)

29.For whosoeuer shal commit anie of these abominacions, the persones that do so, shal ^p^o be cut of from among their people.

30.Therefore shal ye kepe mine ordinances that ye do not anie of the abominable customes, which haue bene done before you, and that ye defile not your selues therein: for I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18

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