17 “It is a shameful thing for a brother and his sister or half-sister to marry each other and have sexual relations with each other. They must be punished in public. They must be separated from their people. The man who has sexual relations with his sister must be punished for his sin.
18 “If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly time of bleeding, both the woman and the man must be separated from their people. They sinned because they exposed her source of blood.
19 “You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister. That is a sin of incest. You must be punished for your sins.
20 “A man must not have sexual relations with his uncle’s wife. It would be like having sexual relations with his uncle. That man and his uncle’s wife will be punished for their sins. They will die without children.
21 “It is wrong for a man to take his brother’s wife. It would be like having sexual relations with his brother! They will have no children.
22 “You must remember all my laws and rules. And you must obey them. I am leading you to your land. You will live in that country. If you obey my laws and rules, that land will not vomit you out.
23 I am forcing other people to leave that country because they committed all those sins. I hate those sins! So don’t live the way those people lived.