Bar’chu
et YHVH ha-m’vorach, Baruch YHVH ha-m’vorach l’O’lam va-ed!
Baruch
ata YHVH Eloheinu melech ha-olam asher bachar banu m’kol ha-amim, v’na-tan lanu
eht Torah-to. Baruch atah YHVH, noteyn ha-Torah. Ameyn.”
(Bless YHVH the blessed One; Blessed is YHVH, the
blessed One for all eternity. Blessed are you, YHVH, our Elohim, King of the
Universe, you have selected us from among all the peoples, and have given us
your Torah.
Lev 18:1 And יהוה spoke to
Mosheh, saying,
Lev 18:2 “Speak to
the children of Yisra’ĕl, and say to them, ‘I am יהוה your Elohim.
Lev 18:3 ‘Do not
do as they do in the land of Mitsrayim, where you dwelt. And do not do as they
do in the land of Kenaʽan, where I am bringing you, and do not walk in their
laws.
Lev 18:4 ‘Do My
right-rulings and guard My laws, to walk in them. I am יהוה your Elohim.
Lev 18:5 ‘And you
shall guard My laws and My right-rulings, which a man does and lives by them. I
am יהוה.
Lev 18:6 ‘No one
is to approach anyone of his own flesh to uncover his nakedness. I am יהוה.
Lev 18:7 ‘The
nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you do not uncover.
She is your mother, you do not uncover her nakedness.
Lev 18:8 ‘The
nakedness of your father’s wife you do not uncover, it is your father’s
nakedness.
Lev 18:9 ‘The
nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your
mother, whether born at home or elsewhere, their nakedness you do not uncover.
Lev 18:10 ‘The
nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness
you do not uncover, for theirs is your own nakedness.
Lev 18:11 ‘The
nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, brought forth by your father, she
is your sister, you do not uncover her nakedness.
Lev 18:12 ‘The
nakedness of your father’s sister you do not uncover, she is your father’s
flesh.
Lev 18:13 ‘The
nakedness of your mother’s sister you do not uncover, for she is your mother’s
flesh.
Lev 18:14 ‘The
nakedness of your father’s brother you do not uncover, you do not approach his
wife, she is your aunt.
Lev 18:15 ‘The
nakedness of your daughter-in-law you do not uncover, she is your son’s wife,
you do not uncover her nakedness.
Lev 18:16 ‘The
nakedness of your brother’s wife you do not uncover, it is your brother’s
nakedness.
Lev 18:17 ‘The
nakedness of a woman and her daughter you do not uncover, nor do you take her
son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are
her relatives – it is wickedness.
Lev 18:18 ‘And do
not take a woman as a rival to her sister, to uncover her nakedness while the
other is alive.
Lev 18:19 ‘And do
not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness in her monthly separation of
uncleanness.
Lev 18:20 ‘And do
not have intercourse with the wife of your neighbour, to defile yourself with
her.
Lev 18:21 ‘And do
not give any of your offspring to pass through to Moleḵ. And
do not profane the Name of your Elohim. I am יהוה.