Leviticus 18

King James Version · 30 verses · 382 cross-references linking it to 149 other chapters

1. 1And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2. 2Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.15 cross-references: Exodus 6:7, Leviticus 11:44, Ezekiel 20:5, Leviticus 20:7, Psalms 33:12
3. 3After 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.24 cross-references: Leviticus 20:23, Exodus 23:24, Ezekiel 23:8, 1 Peter 4:2–4, Ezekiel 20:7–8
4. 4Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.20 cross-references: Leviticus 18:2, John 15:14, Leviticus 18:26, Ezekiel 36:27, Psalms 119:4
5. 5Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.26 cross-references: Ezekiel 20:11, Romans 10:5, Galatians 3:12, Luke 10:28, Ezekiel 20:21
6. 6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.9 cross-references: Leviticus 20:17–21, Leviticus 18:7–19, Leviticus 20:11–12
7. 7The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.7 cross-references: Leviticus 20:11, Ezekiel 22:10, Leviticus 18:8–16, Leviticus 20:14
8. 8The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.17 cross-references: Leviticus 20:11, 1 Corinthians 5:1, Deuteronomy 27:20, Deuteronomy 22:30, Amos 2:7
9. 9The 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.10 cross-references: Leviticus 20:17, Ezekiel 22:11, 2 Samuel 13:11–14, Deuteronomy 27:22, Leviticus 18:11
10. 10The 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.
11. 11The nakedness of thy father’s wife’s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12. 12Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s sister: she is thy father’s near kinswoman.4 cross-references: Leviticus 20:19, Exodus 6:20
13. 13Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister: for she is thy mother’s near kinswoman.
14. 14Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father’s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.2 cross-references: Leviticus 20:20
15. 15Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son’s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.7 cross-references: Leviticus 20:12, Genesis 38:26, Ezekiel 22:11, Genesis 38:18–19
16. 16Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother’s wife: it is thy brother’s nakedness.11 cross-references: Leviticus 20:21, Deuteronomy 25:5, Matthew 22:24, Mark 12:19, Mark 6:17
17. 17Thou 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.5 cross-references: Leviticus 20:14, Amos 2:7, Deuteronomy 27:23
18. 18Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.10 cross-references: Malachi 2:15, Genesis 29:28, Genesis 30:15, Genesis 4:19, 1 Samuel 1:6–8
19. 19Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.12 cross-references: Leviticus 20:18, Leviticus 15:24, Ezekiel 22:10, Ezekiel 18:6, Leviticus 15:19
20. 20Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.19 cross-references: Exodus 20:14, Leviticus 20:10, 1 Corinthians 6:9, Hebrews 13:4, Matthew 5:27–28
21. 21And 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.50 cross-references: Deuteronomy 12:31, Leviticus 19:12, Leviticus 20:2–5, Deuteronomy 18:10, Leviticus 22:32
22. 22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.20 cross-references: Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:26–27, 1 Corinthians 6:9, 1 Timothy 1:10, Jude 1:7
23. 23Neither 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.8 cross-references: Exodus 22:19, Leviticus 20:15–16, Leviticus 20:12, Deuteronomy 27:21
24. 24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:33 cross-references: Deuteronomy 18:12, Leviticus 18:30, Leviticus 20:22–23, Matthew 15:18–20, 1 Corinthians 3:17
25. 25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.31 cross-references: Leviticus 18:28, Jeremiah 2:7, Leviticus 20:22–23, Psalms 106:38, Jeremiah 9:9
26. 26Ye 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:21 cross-references: Leviticus 18:5, Psalms 105:44–45, Deuteronomy 4:40, John 14:21–23, Deuteronomy 12:32
27. 27(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)18 cross-references: Deuteronomy 25:16, Deuteronomy 20:18, Ezekiel 22:11, Deuteronomy 23:18, Deuteronomy 27:15
28. 28That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.12 cross-references: Revelation 3:16, Leviticus 18:25, Leviticus 20:22, Ezekiel 36:17, Jeremiah 9:19
29. 29For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.8 cross-references: Exodus 12:15, Leviticus 17:10, Leviticus 20:6
30. 30Therefore 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.15 cross-references: Leviticus 20:23, Deuteronomy 18:9–12, Leviticus 22:9, Leviticus 18:2–4, Leviticus 18:26–27

Explained connections

• The one who does them shall live Leviticus 18:5 and Romans 10:5

  Leviticus promises life to those who keep God's statutes. Paul calls this the righteousness of the law and contrasts it with the righteousness of faith described in Deuteronomy 30.

• The law is not of faith Leviticus 18:5 and Galatians 3:12

  Paul quotes Leviticus 18:5 to show the law's principle is doing, not believing. Since no one keeps it perfectly, the law cannot be the path to life.

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People in Leviticus 18

God, Moses, Jacob, Molech

Places in Leviticus 18

Canaan, Egypt

Hard questions about Leviticus 18

• If the law forbids marrying a sister or close relative, why did Abraham and Amram make such marriages?
• May a man marry his brother’s widow, or is it forbidden?
• Was a man who lay with a menstruating woman unclean for seven days, or cut off from his people?