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Say to the children of Israel, Any man of the children of Israel or of the proselytes who sojourn in Israel who shall cast any of his semen into an alien woman, he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.

And I will pour out my anger against that man and will cut him off from among his people; because he has cast his semen into an alien woman to defile my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.

And if the people of the land do in any way ignore the offense of the man who has cast of his semen into an alien woman, that they may not kill him,

Then I will set my anger against that man and against his family, and will cut him off and all who go astray after him, because they go astray after alien women from among their people.

And the person that goes after diviners and soothsayers to go astray after them, I will pour out my anger against that person and will cut him off from among his people.

And he who curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

And the man who commits adultery with another mans wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbors wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

And the man who lies with his fathers wife has uncovered his fathers nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death, because they have committed a sin; their blood shall be upon them.

And if a man shall take his sister, his fathers daughter or his mothers daughter, and be intimate with her and she be intimate with him, it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has uncovered his sisters nakedness; they shall suffer for their iniquity.

And you shall not be intimate with your mothers sister nor your fathers sister; for he uncovers the nakedness of his near kin; they shall suffer for their iniquity.

And if a man shall lie with his uncles wife, he has uncovered his uncles nakedness; they shall suffer for their sin; they shall die childless.

And if a man shall take his brothers wife, it is an iniquity, for he has uncovered his brothers nakedness; they shall be childless.

THE LORD said to Moses, Speak to the priests the sons of Aaron and say to them, There shall none of you defile himself by mourning for the dead among his people,

Except for his kin who is near to him, that is, for his father and for his mother and for his son and for his daughter and for his brother,

And for his virgin sister, who is near to him, who had no husband; for her he may defile himself.

But he shall not defile himself for the prince of his people, lest he profane himself.

They shall not marry a harlot or an unclean woman; neither shall they marry a woman who has been put away from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

And the priest who is the high priest among his brethren, upon whose head the anointing oil was poured, and who is consecrated to put on the vestments, shall not shave his head nor rend his clothes;

Neither shall he go near any dead body, nor defile himself by mourning for his father or for his mother;