1. Then the lord said to Moses,
2. “Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. I am the lord your God.
3. So do not act like the people in Egypt, where you used to live, or like the people of Canaan, where I am taking you. You must not imitate their way of life.
4. You must obey all my regulations and be careful to obey my decrees, for I am the lord your God.
5. If you obey my decrees and my regulations, you will find life through them. I am the lord.
6. “You must never have sexual relations with a close relative, for I am the lord.
7. “Do not violate your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8. “Do not have sexual relations with any of your father’s wives, for this would violate your father.
9. “Do not have sexual relations with your sister or half sister, whether she is your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born into your household or someone else’s.