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You are to follow My judgments (precepts, ordinances) and keep My statutes and live by them. I am the Lord your God. So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, by which, if a person keeps them, he shall live; I am the Lord.(A)

[a]No one shall approach any blood relative of his [b]to uncover nakedness (have intimate relations). I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:6 This passage (vv 6-18) states incestuous prohibitions.
  2. Leviticus 18:6 This Hebrew euphemism for sexual relations occurs in each verse in the passage.

You must obey my laws(A) and be careful to follow my decrees.(B) I am the Lord your God.(C) Keep my decrees and laws,(D) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(E) I am the Lord.

“‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.

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