Leviticus 18:1-5

Unlawful Sexual Relations

¹ And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ² "Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, _q I am the Lord your God. ³ _r You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived, and _s you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, to which I am bringing you. You shall not walk in their statutes. ⁴ _t You shall follow my rules ₁ and keep my statutes and walk in them. _q I am the Lord your God. ⁵ _t You shall therefore keep my statutes and my rules; _u if a person does them, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

1. Cross References
   Leviticus 11:44
   For I am the Lord your God. Consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any swarming thing that crawls on the ground.
   Leviticus 19:4
   Do not turn to idols or make for yourselves any gods of cast metal: I am the Lord your God.
   Leviticus 20:7
   Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.
   Exodus 6:6 - 7
   Say therefore to the people of Israel, 'I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from slavery to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.
   
2. Cross References
   Ezekiel 20:7 - 8
   And I said to them, Cast away the detestable things your eyes feast on, every one of you, and do not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
   Ezekiel 23:8
   She did not give up her whoring that she had begun in Egypt; for in her youth men had lain with her and handled her virgin bosom and poured out their whoring lust upon her.
   
3. Cross References
   Exodus 23:24
   You shall not bow down to their gods nor serve them, nor do as they do, but you shall utterly overthrow them and break their pillars in pieces.
   Deuteronomy 12:30 - 31
   Take care that you be not ensnared to follow them, after they have been destroyed before you, and that you do not inquire about their gods, saying, 'How did these nations serve their gods? - that I also may do the same.
   
4. Cross References
   Leviticus 18:26
   But you shall keep my statutes and my rules and...
   Leviticus 19:19
   You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let y...
   Leviticus 19:37
   And you shall observe all my statutes and all m...
   Leviticus 20:8
   Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who...
   Leviticus 20:22
   You shall therefore keep all my statutes and al...
   Leviticus 25:18
   Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my ...
   Deuteronomy 4:1
   And now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and t...
   Deuteronomy 4:6
   Keep them and do them, for that will be your wi...
   Deuteronomy 5:1
   And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them,...
   Deuteronomy 6:1
   Now this is the commandment, the statutes and t...
   Deuteronomy 12:1
   These are the statutes and rules that you shall...
   Ezekiel 20:19
   I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes, an...
   
5. Cross References
   Leviticus 18:2
   Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, I am the Lord your God.
   
6. Cross References
   Leviticus 18:4
   You shall follow my rules and keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the Lord your God.
   
7. Cross References
   Ezekiel 20:11
   I gave them my statutes and made known to them ...
   Ezekiel 20:13
   But the house of Israel rebelled against me in ...
   Ezekiel 20:21
   But the children rebelled against me. They did ...
   Romans 10:5
   For Moses writes about the righteousness that i...
   Galatians 3:12
   But the law is not of faith, rather "The one wh...
   Luke 10:28
   And he said to him, "You have answered correctl...