You are to practice my ordinances(A) and you are to keep my statutes(B) by following them; I am the Lord your God. Keep my statutes and ordinances; a person will live(C) if he does them.(D) I am the Lord.

“You are not to come near(E) any close relative[a] for sexual intercourse;(F) I am the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 18:6 Lit any flesh of his flesh

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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