Unlawful Sexual Relations (Matthew 5:27–30)
1 Brenton And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, BSB BSB: Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 Brenton Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, I am the Lord your God. BSB BSB: “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: I am the LORD your God.
3 Brenton Ye shall not do according to the devices of Egypt, in which ye dwelt: and according to the devices of the land of Chanaan, into which I bring you, ye shall not do; and ye shall not walk in their ordinances. BSB BSB: You must not follow the practices of the land of Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not follow the practices of the land of Canaan, into which I am bringing you. You must not walk in their customs.
4 Brenton Ye shall observe my judgments, and shall keep my ordinances, and shall walk in them: I am the Lord your God. BSB BSB: You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
5 Brenton So ye shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments, and do them; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the Lord your God. BSB BSB: Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
7 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, for she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
8 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's wife; it is thy father's nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
9 Brenton The nakedness of thy sister by thy father or by thy mother, born at home or abroad, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.
10 Brenton The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or thy daughter's daughter, their nakedness thou shalt not uncover; because it is thy nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, for that would shame your family.
11 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of the daughter of thy father's wife; she is thy sister by the same father: thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
12 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister, for she is near akin to thy father. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your father’s sister; she is your father’s close relative.
13 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, for she is near akin to thy mother. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s close relative.
14 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, and thou shalt not go in to his wife; for she is thy relation. BSB BSB: You must not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations with her; she is your aunt.
15 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law, for she is thy son's wife, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
16 Brenton Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would shame your brother.
17 Brenton The nakedness of a woman and her daughter shalt thou not uncover; her son's daughter, and her daughter's daughter, shalt thou not take, to uncover their nakedness, for they are thy kinswomen: it is impiety. BSB BSB: You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
18 Brenton Thou shalt not take a wife in addition to her sister, as a rival, to uncover her nakedness in opposition to her, while she is yet living. BSB BSB: You must not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is still alive.
19 Brenton And thou shalt not go in to a woman under separation for her uncleanness, to uncover her nakedness. BSB BSB: You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.
20 Brenton And thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. BSB BSB: You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.
22 Brenton And thou shalt not lie with a man as with a woman, for it is an abomination. BSB BSB: You must not lie with a man as with a woman; that is an abomination.
23 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
25 Brenton 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. BSB BSB: Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
26 Brenton 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: BSB BSB: But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
27 Brenton (for all these abominations the men of the land did who were before you, and the land was defiled,) BSB BSB: For the men who were in the land before you committed all these abominations, and the land has become defiled.
28 Brenton and lest the land be aggrieved with you in your polluting it, as it was aggrieved with the nations before you. BSB BSB: So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.
29 Brenton For whosoever shall do any of these abominations, the souls that do them shall be destroyed from among their people. BSB BSB: Therefore anyone who commits any of these abominations must be cut off from among his people.
30 Brenton And ye shall keep mine ordinances, that ye may not do any of the abominable practices, which have taken place before your time: and ye shall not be polluted in them; for I am the Lord your God. BSB BSB: You must keep My charge not to practice any of the abominable customs that were practiced before you, so that you do not defile yourselves by them. I am the LORD your God.”
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