Leviticuschapter 18
30 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law
Original Language
Leviticus 18— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 18. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Weekly portion 29 of 54
אַחֲרֵי מוֹת Achrei Mot, Leviticus 16:1 to 18:30
Read with it: Ezekiel 22:1 to 22:19 in Ashkenazi use, and Ezekiel 22:1 to 22:16 in Sephardi use.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
1 row sits beside its verse in the text, on 1 verse of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Do not walk as Egypt or Canaan walk1
Leviticus 18:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
The kin whose nakedness you may not uncover6
Leviticus 18:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Ramban on Leviticus 18:17
IT IS ‘ZIMAH’ (LEWDNESS). Onkelos translated: “it is a sinful plan,” and Rashi commented thereon, “because your evil inclination counsels you to sin.
Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976
Leviticus 18:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Molech, another man's wife, and defilement19
Leviticus 18:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:22· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:23· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
A land that vomits out its people24
Leviticus 18:24· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:25· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:26· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:27· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:28· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:29· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 18:30· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
