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Forbidden Unions · Leviticus 18

Forbidden Unions (Leviticus 18) read aloud, in a fresh direct translation from the Hebrew - plain modern English, nothing added.

Translator's notes:

• Leviticus 18:6 — גַּלּוֹת עֶרְוָה (gallot ervah): chose "uncover nakedness". Alternatives: "have sexual relations with". Why: the phrase is the chapter's repeated idiom for sexual relations; the literal wording is kept because the text itself speaks in that picture, and the relations meant are the kin named in each verse.

• Leviticus 18:21 — מֹלֶךְ (Molech): chose "Molech". Alternatives: "the king", a god's name, a kind of offering. Why: the…

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