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1 Adonai said to Moses [Drawn out], 2 “Speak to the children of Israel [God prevails], and say to them, ‘I am Adonai your God. 3 You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt [Abode of slavery], where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan [Humbled], where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their regulations. 4 You shall do my judgments, and you shall keep my regulations, and walk in them: I am Adonai your God. 5 You shall therefore keep my regulations and my judgments; which if a man does them, he shall live in them. * I am Adonai.
(LY:6) 6 †
“ ‘None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Adonai.
7 ‡ “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, § nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
8 * “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.
9 † “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home, or born abroad.
10 ‡ “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, § or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness: *
for theirs is your own nakedness.
11 † “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.
12 ‡ “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister: she is your father’s near kinswoman.
13 § “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister: for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.
14 * “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother † by not approaching 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. † You shall not take her son’s daughter, ‡ or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 § “ ‘You shall not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is yet alive.
19 * “ ‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.
20 † “ ‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
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“ ‘You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane את the name of your God. I am Adonai.
(RY:4, LY:7) 22 § “ ‘You shall not go to bed with a man, as with a woman; it is an abomination.
23 * “ ‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. † No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
24 “ ‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. 25 The land was defiled: therefore I punished its depravity (moral evil), and the land vomited out her inhabitants. 26 You therefore shall keep my regulations and my judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you; (LY: Maftir ·Conclusion·) 27 (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled); 28 that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.
29 “ ‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable regulations and customs, which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am Adonai your God.’ ”
Haftarah Acharei Mot ·Taking leave· ·After the Death·:
Yechezk'el / Ezekiel 22:1-19 (A); 22:1-16 (S)
B'rit Hadashah ·New Covenant·: John 7:1-52
* 18:5 . Quoted in Luke 10:28; Rom 10:5; Gal 3:12 † 18:6 . Lev 18:6 (Lev 18:6-23) (#7.437): T. Not to approach anyone who is a close relative in order to have sexual relations (list given) / R. Not to be intimate, have pleasurable contact with, nor sexual relations with any forbidden woman R. Example: The Rabbis teach against actions such as embracing, kissing, hinting, and skipping, or other pleasurable contact that might lead to sexual relations / R. Note: Rabbinical Oral Tradition teaches this is a warning against intimacy that might lead to sexual relations ‡ 18:7 . Lev 18:7 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.438): T. Not to have sexual relations with your father / R. Not to have homosexual relations with your father § 18:7 . Lev 18:7 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.439): Not to have sexual relations with your mother * 18:8 . Lev 18:8 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.440): Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife † 18:9 . Lev 18:9 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.441): Not to have sexual relations with your sister ‡ 18:10 . Lev 18:10 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.442): Not to have sexual relations with your son’s daughter (granddaughter) § 18:10 . Lev 18:10 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.443): Not to have sexual relations with your daughter’s daughter (granddaughter) * 18:10 . Lev 18:10 (Lev 18:11, 18:24-30) (#7.444): T. This (second) command is not found in the straightforward text / R. Not to have sexual relations with your own daughter R. Note: Oral Tradition says this command is actually a Torah ·Teaching· command not originating from Oral Tradition; it was not mentioned because it is so natural it is straightforward without being mentioned (derived from Lev 18:11) † 18:11 . Lev 18:11 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.445): Not to have sexual relations with your father’s wife’s daughter (sister or step sister) ‡ 18:12 . Lev 18:12 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.446): Not to have sexual relations with your father’s sister (aunt) § 18:13 . Lev 18:13 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.447): Not to have sexual relations with your mother’s sister (aunt) * 18:14 . Lev 18:14 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.448): Not to have sexual relations with your father’s brother’s wife (aunt) † 18:14 . Lev 18:14 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.449): T. This command is not found in the straightforward text / R. Not to have sexual relations with your father’s brother (uncle) / R. Not to have homosexual relations with your father’s brother ‡ 18:15 . Lev 18:15 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.450): Not to have sexual relations with your son’s wife (daughter-in-law) § 18:16 . Lev 18:16 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.451): Not to have sexual relations with your brother’s wife (sister-in-law) * 18:17 . Lev 18:17 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.452): Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter † 18:17 . Lev 18:17 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.453): Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her son’s daughter (great granddaughter) ‡ 18:17 . Lev 18:17 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.454): Not to have sexual relations with a woman and her daughter’s daughter (great granddaughter) § 18:18 . Lev 18:18 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.455): Not to have sexual relations with your wife’s sister (sister-in-law) * 18:19 . Lev 18:19 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.456): Not to have sexual relations with a woman unclean due to niddah ·menstruation· † 18:20 . Lev 18:20 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.457): Not to have sexual relations with another man’s wife ‡ 18:21 . Lev 18:21 (#2a.65): Not to sacrifice your children to the Molech false god T. Note: Whose worship includes children to be burned in sacrifice on the red-hot statue of the idol, this practice is also called “to pass thru the fire” in some translations § 18:22 . Lev 18:22 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.458): Not to have sexual relations a male with a male, that is homosexual * 18:23 . Lev 18:23 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.459): A man shall not have sexual relations with an animal † 18:23 . Lev 18:23 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.460): A woman shall not have sexual relations with an animal