Leviticus 18:22-27 in English

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³ And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;

²⁵ and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you

²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);

²² And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

²³ Neither shalt thou lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.

²⁴ Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

²⁵ and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

²⁶ And ye shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

²⁷ (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³ Neither 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.

²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

²⁵ And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye 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:

²⁷ (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³ Neither 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.

²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

²⁵ And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye 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:

²⁷ (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

²² And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

²³ Neither shall you lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.

²⁴ Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

²⁵ and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

²⁶ And you° shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you° shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

²⁷ (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³ And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you:

²⁵ And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye therefore shall keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the homeborn, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you:

²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

²² No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.

²³ No one, man or woman, should ◄defile himself/cause himself to become unacceptable to me► by having sex with an animal; that is a perverse act.

²⁴ Do not ◄defile yourselves/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me► in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became ◄unacceptable to me/defiled►.

²⁵ They even caused the land to become defiled, so I punished them for their sins, and it was as though the land vomited out the people who lived there.

²⁶ You must all obey my laws and decrees. That includes you people who were born here and the foreigners who live among you.

²⁷ All those detestable things were done by the people who lived in this land before you came here, and they caused the land to become defiled.

²² And you shall not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

²³ Neither shall you lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connexion with it; for it is an abomination.

²⁴ Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

²⁵ and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

²⁶ And you° shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and you° shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you:

²⁷ (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,)

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² You may not have sex relations with men, as you do with women: it is a disgusting thing.

²³ And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.

²⁴ Do not make yourself unclean in any of these ways; for so have those nations whom I am driving out from before you made themselves unclean:

²⁵ And the land itself has become unclean; so that I have sent on it the reward of its wrongdoing, and the land itself puts out those who are living in it.

²⁶ So then keep my rules and my decisions, and do not do any of these disgusting things, those of you who are Israelites by birth, or any others who are living with you:

²⁷ (For all these disgusting things were done by the men of this country who were there before you, and the land has been made unclean by them;)

²² And thou shalt not lie with mankind as one lieth with a woman: it is an abomination.

²³ And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.

²⁴ Make not yourselves unclean in any of these things; for in all these have the nations which I am casting out before you made themselves unclean.

²⁵ And the land hath become unclean; and I visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants.

²⁶ But ye shall observe my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of all these abominations: the home-born, and the stranger that sojourneth among you;

²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath been made unclean);

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind as with womankind, because it is an abomination.

²³ Thou shalt not copulate with any beast, neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.

²⁴ Defile not yourselves with any of these things with which all the nations have been defiled, which I will cast out before you,

²⁵ And with which the land is defiled: the abominations of which I will visit, that it may vomit out its inhabitants.

²⁶ Keep ye my ordinances and my judgments, and do not any of these abominations: neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you.

²⁷ For all these detestable things the inhabitants of the land have done, that; were before you, and have defiled it.

²² Don't have sex with a man as with a woman. That is something disgusting.

²³ Don't have sex with any animal. This would pollute you and make you unclean.

²⁴ A woman must not give herself to an animal to have sex with it. That is something disgusting. Don't pollute yourselves and make yourselves unclean by doing anything like this. That's the reason I'm expelling these nations from the land—they polluted themselves because of all these practices.

²⁵ Even the land has become polluted, so I am punishing it for the sins committed by the people who live there, and the land will vomit them out.

²⁶ You, however, must do what I tell you and keep my rules. You must not do any of these disgusting acts, whether an Israelite or a foreigner living among you.

²⁷ The people who lived in the land before you practiced all these disgusting things, and the land became polluted.

²² Thou shalt not lie with ye male as one lieth with a woman: for it is abomination.

²³ Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination.

²⁴ Yee shall not defile your selues in any of these things: for in al these the nations are defiled, which I will cast out before you:

²⁵ And the land is defiled: therefore I wil visit the wickednesse thereof vpon it, and the lande shall vomit out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye shall keepe therefore mine ordinances, and my iudgements, and commit none of these abominations, aswell hee that is of the same countrey, as the straunger that soiourneth among you.

²⁷ (For all these abominations haue the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled:

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind; it is abomination.

²³ And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto; it is perversion.

²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out from before you.

²⁵ And the land was defiled, therefore I did visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye therefore shall keep My statutes and Mine ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the home-born, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you —

²⁷ for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled —

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³ Neither 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.

²⁴ Defile not you yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

²⁵ and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye 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:

²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)

²² And with a man shalt thou not lie, as with a woman: it is an abomination.

²³ And with any beast shalt thou not lie to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

²⁴ Do not defile yourselves through any of these things.; for through all these have become defiled the nations which I cast out before you:

²⁵ And the land became defiled; wherefore I have visited its iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomited out its inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, and ye shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor the stranger that sojourneth among you;

²⁷ (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land hath become defiled;)

²² And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination.

²³ Neither shalt thou lie with any quadruped for copulation, to be polluted with it: neither shall a woman present herself before any quadruped to have connection with it; for it is an abomination.

²⁴ Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; for in all these things the nations are defiled, which I drive out before you,

²⁵ and the land is polluted; and I have recompensed their iniquity to them because of it, and the land is aggrieved with them that dwell upon it.

²⁶ And ye shall keep all my statutes and all my ordinances, and ye shall do none of these abominations; neither the native, nor the stranger that joins himself with you

²⁷ (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled),

²² And with the male thou shalt not lie as with the woman; it is an abhorrent thing.

²³ Nor with any beast shall be thy lying down to defile thyself with it; neither shall a woman stand before a beast to permit him to prevail with her; it is confusion.

²⁴ Ye shall not pollute yourselves with any of these; for with all these have the peoples defiled themselves whom I am about to drive away from before you.

²⁵ And the land (itself) is contaminated; and I will visit the guilt that is upon it, and the land shall vomit forth the inhabitants.

²⁶ But you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, and commit none of these abominations, neither the native-born nor the sojourners who sojourn among you;

²⁷ For all these abominations have been done by the men of the land who have been before you, and the land hath been polluted;

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 iniquity, 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);

²² Do not sleep with other men as with a woman. This would be wicked.

²³ Do not sleep with any animal and defile yourself with it. No woman must consider sleeping with any animal. This would be perversion.

²⁴ Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, for in all these ways the nations are defiled, the nations that I will drive out from before you.

²⁵ The land became defiled, so I punished their sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.

²⁶ You, therefore, must keep my commandments and decrees, and you must not do any of these detestable things, neither the native-born Israelite nor the foreigner who lives among you.

²⁷ For this is the wickedness that the people in the land have committed, those who lived here before you, and now the land is defiled.

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

²³ Neither 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.

²⁴ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

²⁵ And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit its iniquity upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.

²⁶ Ye 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.

²⁷ (For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;)

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² “‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

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 iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

²⁶ You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner amongst you

²⁷ (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

²² Thou shalt not be meddled or mingled with a man, by lechery of a woman, for it is abomination.

²³ Thou shalt not do lechery with any beast, neither thou shalt be defouled with it. A woman shall not lie under a beast, neither shall be meddled or mingled therewith, that is, defouled by fleshly knowing thereof, for it is great sin.

²⁴ Be ye not defouled in all these things, in which all folks, either heathen men, be defouled, which folks I shall cast out before your sight,

²⁵ of whom the land is defouled, of which land I shall visit the great sins, that it vomit, or throw out, his dwellers.

²⁶ Keep ye my lawful things, and my dooms, that ye do not any of all these abominations, as well a man born in the land, as a comeling that is a pilgrim with you.

²⁷ For the dwellers of the land, that were before you, did all these abominations, and defouled that land.

²² Thou shalt not be meddled or mingled with a man, by lechery of a woman, for it is abomination. (Thou shalt not be mixed together with a man, like in fleshly coupling with a woman, for it is an abomination.)

²³ Thou shalt not do lechery with any beast, neither thou shalt be defouled with it. A woman shall not lie under a beast, neither shall be meddled, or mingled, therewith, that is, defouled by fleshly knowing thereof, for it is great sin. (Thou shalt not do lechery with any beast, nor shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie under a beast, nor shall be mixed together with it, that is, be defiled by fleshly knowing of it, for it is a great sin.)

²⁴ Be ye not defouled in all these things, in which all folks, either heathen men, be defouled, which folks I shall cast out before your sight, (Do not ye be defiled with any of these things, in which all the nations, or all the heathen, be defiled, which nations I shall throw out before you,)

²⁵ of whom the land is defouled, of which land I shall visit the great sins (of them upon it), that it vomit, or throw out, his dwellers. (by whom the land is defiled, of which land I shall visit their great sins upon it, so that it vomit, or throw out, its inhabitants.)

²⁶ Keep ye my lawful things, and my dooms, that ye do not any of all these abominations, as well a man born in the land, as a comeling that is a pilgrim with you. (Obey ye my laws, and my judgements, so that ye do not do any of these abominations, yea, anyone born in the land, as well as a newcomer who is a foreigner, or a stranger, among you.)

²⁷ For the dwellers of the land, that were before you, did all (of) these abominations, and defouled that land.

²² Thou schalt not be medlid with a man bi letcherie of womman, for it is abhomynacioun.

²³ Thou schalt not do letcherie with ony beeste, nethir thou schalt be defoulid with it. A womman schal not ligge vnder a beeste, nether schal be medlid therwith, for it is greet synne.

²⁴ Be ye not defoulid in alle these thingis, in whiche alle `folkis, ether hethen men, ben defoulid, whiche folkis Y schal caste out bifor youre siyt,

²⁵ of whiche the lond is defoulid, of which lond Y schal vysyte the grete synnes, that it spewe out hise dwellers.

²⁶ Kepe ye my lawful thingis and domes, that ye do not of alle these abhomynaciouns, as wel a man borun in the lond as a comelyng which is a pilgrym at you.

²⁷ For the dwellers of the lond, that weren bifor you, diden alle these abhomynaciouns, and defouliden that lond.

²² 'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it is.

²³ 'And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it is.

²⁴ 'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

²⁵ and the land is defiled, and I charge its iniquity upon it, and the land vomiteth out its inhabitants:

²⁶ and ye — ye have kept My statutes and My judgments, and do not any of all these abominations, the native and the sojourner who is sojourning in your midst,

²⁷ (for all these abominations have the men of the land done who are before you, and the land is defiled),