World English Bible
Leviticus 18:5
“You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.”
Verse in context — Leviticus 18
You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived: and you shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you; neither shall you walk in their statutes.
You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
None of you shall approach anyone who are his close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am Yahweh.
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
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