Leviticus 17:14   (Read all of Leviticus 17)

because the life of every creature is its blood. That is why I have said to the Israelites, "You must not eat the blood of any creature, because the life of every creature is its blood; anyone who eats it must be cut off."

Leviticus 18:2   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

"Speak to the Israelites and say to them: 'I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:3   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.

Leviticus 18:4   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God.

Leviticus 18:7   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not dishonor your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; do not have relations with her.

Leviticus 18:8   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's wife; that would dishonor your father.

Leviticus 18:9   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father's daughter or your mother's daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.

Leviticus 18:10   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your son's daughter or your daughter's daughter; that would dishonor you.

Leviticus 18:11   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father's wife, born to your father; she is your sister.

Leviticus 18:12   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your father's sister; she is your father's close relative.

Leviticus 18:13   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your mother's sister, because she is your mother's close relative.

Leviticus 18:14   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not dishonor your father's brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.

Leviticus 18:15   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son's wife; do not have relations with her.

Leviticus 18:16   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your brother's wife; that would dishonor your brother.

Leviticus 18:18   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not take your wife's sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.

Leviticus 18:20   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her.

Leviticus 18:21   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molek, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the Lord.

Leviticus 18:23   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

Leviticus 18:24   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

" 'Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled.

Leviticus 18:26   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

But you must keep my decrees and my laws. The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things,

Leviticus 18:27   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled.

Leviticus 18:28   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

And if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it vomited out the nations that were before you.

Leviticus 18:30   (Read all of Leviticus 18)

Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.' "

Leviticus 19:2   (Read all of Leviticus 19)

"Speak to the entire assembly of Israel and say to them: 'Be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.