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    "chapter": 18
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    "bookSlug": "leviticus",
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    "paragraphs": [{
        "n": 1,
        "refId": "LEV-18:1",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.1",
        "text": "And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,"
      },{
        "n": 2,
        "refId": "LEV-18:2",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.2",
        "text": "Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am Jehovah your God."
      },{
        "n": 3,
        "refId": "LEV-18:3",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.3",
        "text": "After 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 statutes."
      },{
        "n": 4,
        "refId": "LEV-18:4",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.4",
        "text": "Mine ordinances shall ye do, and my statutes shall ye keep, to walk therein: I am Jehovah your God."
      },{
        "n": 5,
        "refId": "LEV-18:5",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.5",
        "text": "Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 6,
        "refId": "LEV-18:6",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.6",
        "text": "None of you shall approach to any that are near of kin to him, to uncover [their] nakedness: I am Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 7,
        "refId": "LEV-18:7",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.7",
        "text": "The nakedness of thy father, even the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."
      },{
        "n": 8,
        "refId": "LEV-18:8",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.8",
        "text": "The nakedness of thy father`s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father`s nakedness."
      },{
        "n": 9,
        "refId": "LEV-18:9",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.9",
        "text": "The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or the daughter of thy mother, whether born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover."
      },{
        "n": 10,
        "refId": "LEV-18:10",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.10",
        "text": "The 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."
      },{
        "n": 11,
        "refId": "LEV-18:11",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.11",
        "text": "The nakedness of thy father`s wife`s daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."
      },{
        "n": 12,
        "refId": "LEV-18:12",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.12",
        "text": "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father`s sister: she is thy father`s near kinswoman."
      },{
        "n": 13,
        "refId": "LEV-18:13",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.13",
        "text": "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother`s sister: for she is thy mother`s near kinswoman."
      },{
        "n": 14,
        "refId": "LEV-18:14",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.14",
        "text": "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father`s brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt."
      },{
        "n": 15,
        "refId": "LEV-18:15",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.15",
        "text": "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son`s wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."
      },{
        "n": 16,
        "refId": "LEV-18:16",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.16",
        "text": "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother`s wife: it is thy brother`s nakedness."
      },{
        "n": 17,
        "refId": "LEV-18:17",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.17",
        "text": "Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter; thou shalt not take her son`s daughter, or her daughter`s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are near kinswomen: it is wickedness."
      },{
        "n": 18,
        "refId": "LEV-18:18",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.18",
        "text": "And thou shalt not take a wife to her sister, to be a rival [to her], to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life-time."
      },{
        "n": 19,
        "refId": "LEV-18:19",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.19",
        "text": "And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness."
      },{
        "n": 20,
        "refId": "LEV-18:20",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.20",
        "text": "And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor`s wife, to defile thyself with her."
      },{
        "n": 21,
        "refId": "LEV-18:21",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.21",
        "text": "And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through [the fire] to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah."
      },{
        "n": 22,
        "refId": "LEV-18:22",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.22",
        "text": "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."
      },{
        "n": 23,
        "refId": "LEV-18:23",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.23",
        "text": "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."
      },{
        "n": 24,
        "refId": "LEV-18:24",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.24",
        "text": "Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;"
      },{
        "n": 25,
        "refId": "LEV-18:25",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.25",
        "text": "And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants."
      },{
        "n": 26,
        "refId": "LEV-18:26",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.26",
        "text": "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;"
      },{
        "n": 27,
        "refId": "LEV-18:27",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.27",
        "text": "(for all these abominations have the men of the land done, that were before you, and the land is defiled);"
      },{
        "n": 28,
        "refId": "LEV-18:28",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.28",
        "text": "that the land vomit not you out also, when ye defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you."
      },{
        "n": 29,
        "refId": "LEV-18:29",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.29",
        "text": "For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people."
      },{
        "n": 30,
        "refId": "LEV-18:30",
        "verseRef": "Lev.18.30",
        "text": "Therefore shall ye keep my charge, that ye practise not any of these abominable customs, which were practised before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am Jehovah your God."
      }
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