Leviticus 18
- 1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
- 2Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the Lord your God.
- 3After the actions of the land of Egypt, in which you lived, shall you not do: and after the actions of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their rules.
- 4You shall do my judgments, and keep my rules, to walk in it: I am the Lord your God.
- 5You shall therefore keep my laws, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
- 6None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the Lord.
- 7The nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
- 8The nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.
- 9The nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she is born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.
- 10The nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover. For theirs is your own nakedness.
- 11The nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
- 12You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near relative.
- 13You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister. For she is your mother's near relative.
- 14You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.
- 15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
- 16You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
- 17You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness. For they are her near relatives: it is evil.
- 18Neither shall you take a wife to her sister, to trouble her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
- 19Also you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
- 20Also you shall not sleep with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
- 21And you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you dishonor the name of your God: I am the Lord.
- 22You shall not lie with mankind, as with a woman: it is a disgusting thing.
- 23Neither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down to it: it is confusion.
- 24Do not defile yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
- 25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit its wrongdoing on it, and the land itself vomits out her people.
- 26You shall therefore keep my laws and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these disgusting practices, whether one of your own nation, or any foreigner that stays among you:
- 27For all these disgusting practices the men of the land who were before you have done, and the land is defiled.
- 28That the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
- 29For whoever shall commit any of these disgusting practices, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
- 30Therefore you shall keep my rule, that you do not commit any one of these disgusting customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves in it: I am the Lord your God.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Leviticus 18 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
KJVSpeak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the Lord your God.
GIGAKJVSpeak to the children of Israel, and say to them, I am the Lord your God.
KJVAfter 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.
GIGAKJVAfter the actions of the land of Egypt, in which you lived, shall you not do: and after the actions of the land of Canaan, where I bring you, shall you not do: neither shall you walk in their rules.
KJVYe shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the Lord your God.
GIGAKJVYou shall do my judgments, and keep my rules, to walk in it: I am the Lord your God.
KJVYe shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
GIGAKJVYou shall therefore keep my laws, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord.
KJVThe nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
GIGAKJVThe nakedness of your father, or the nakedness of your mother, shall you not uncover: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
KJVThe nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
GIGAKJVThe nakedness of your father's wife shall you not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or daughter of your mother, whether she is born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness you shall not uncover.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe nakedness of your son's daughter, or of your daughter's daughter, even their nakedness you shall not uncover. For theirs is your own nakedness.
KJVThe nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
GIGAKJVThe nakedness of your father's wife's daughter, born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
KJVThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
GIGAKJVYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's sister: she is your father's near relative.
KJVThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
GIGAKJVYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister. For she is your mother's near relative.
KJVThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
GIGAKJVYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother, you shall not approach to his wife: she is your aunt.
KJVThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
GIGAKJVYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter in law: she is your son's wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
KJVThou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
GIGAKJVYou shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
KJVThou 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.
GIGAKJVYou shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shall you take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness. For they are her near relatives: it is evil.
KJVNeither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you take a wife to her sister, to trouble her, to uncover her nakedness, beside the other in her life time.
KJVAlso thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
GIGAKJVAlso you shall not approach to a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
KJVMoreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
GIGAKJVAlso you shall not sleep with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall not let any of your children pass through the fire to Molech, neither shall you dishonor the name of your God: I am the Lord.
KJVThou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
GIGAKJVYou shall not lie with mankind, as with a woman: it is a disgusting thing.
KJVNeither 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.
GIGAKJVNeither shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down to it: it is confusion.
KJVDefile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
GIGAKJVDo not defile yourselves in any of these things. For in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
KJVAnd the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
GIGAKJVAnd the land is defiled: therefore I do visit its wrongdoing on it, and the land itself vomits out her people.
KJVYe 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:
GIGAKJVYou shall therefore keep my laws and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these disgusting practices, whether one of your own nation, or any foreigner that stays among you:
KJV(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
GIGAKJVFor all these disgusting practices the men of the land who were before you have done, and the land is defiled.
KJVThat the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that were before you.
GIGAKJVThat the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
KJVFor whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
GIGAKJVFor whoever shall commit any of these disgusting practices, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore you shall keep my rule, that you do not commit any one of these disgusting customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves in it: I am the Lord your God.
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