Leviticus Chapter 18

Unlawful marriages and sexual deviants

18:1 And YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here
, saying,
18:2 Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohei אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
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18:3 Y’all shall not do according to the actions of the land of Egypt, where y’all lived, y’all shall not do and according to the actions of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, shall y’all don’t neither shall y’all walk in their statutes.
18:4 Y’all shall do My judgments, and keep My statutes, to walk in them I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohei אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
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18:5 And y’all shall keep My statutes, and My judgments that if a man do, he shall live by them I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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No sex with relatives


18:6 None of you shall approach to any relative of his, to uncover [their] nakedness I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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18:7 The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, will you not uncover she [is] your mother ; you will not uncover her nakedness.
18:8 You will not
uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife it [is] the nakedness of your father.
18:9 You will not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, born at home, or born abroad, you will not uncover their nakedness .
18:10 You will not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you will not uncover because theirs [is] your own nakedness.
18:11 The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, fathered of your father, she [is] your sister, you will not uncover her nakedness.
18:12 You will not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister she [is] your father’s relative.
18:13 You will not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister for she [is] your mother’s relative.
18:14 You will not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother, you will not approach his wife she [is] your aunt.
18:15 You will not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law she [is] your son’s wife ; you will not uncover her nakedness.
18:16 You will not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife it [is] your brother’s nakedness.
18:17 You will not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither will you undertake to uncover her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness ; [for] they [are] her relatives; it [is] wickedness.
18:18 Neither will you take a wife with her sister, to be  a rival to [her], to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her lifetime.
18:19 Also you will not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, in her menstrual impurity.

No adultery


18:20 Also you will not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, to defile yourself with her.
18:21 And you will not let any of your offspring pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither will you pollute the Name of your Elohei אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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No gay sex


18:22 You will not lie with male, like one lies with a woman it [is] an abomination.

No sex with animals


18:23 Neither will you lie with any animal to defile yourself with it neither shall any woman stand before a animal to lie down there it [is] perversion.
18:24 Y’all don’t defile yourselves in any of these things because in all these the nations have been defiled that I throw out before you
18:25 And the land is defiled and I will visit the iniquity of it on it, and the land itself vomits out its inhabitants.
18:26 Y’all shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and don’t commit [any ] of these abominations ; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger who is staying among you
18:27 (Because the men of the land who are before you have done all these abominations, and the land is defiled 😉
18:28 So that the land vomit you out too, when y’all defile it, like it vomited out the nations that [were] before you.
18:29 For anyone who does commit any of these abominations, even the persons who commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.
18:30 And shall y’all keep my statute, that [ y’all ] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that y’all defile not yourselves with them; I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohei אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
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