Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:18:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not take your sister-in-law as a second wife in addition to her sister while that one is still alive.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’As long as your wife is still living [lit.: has not died], Do not take [lit.: bring] her elder sister or her younger sister as a second wife and have intercourse. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -marry/[lit. be-wived-to] the female sibling of your (sing.) wife while your (sing.) wife (is) still alive.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘While your wife is still living, do not marry your wife’s sister and have sex with her.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:19:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not sleep with a woman when she is in the days of the month (her period).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’Do not have intercourse with any woman while she is menstruating unclean. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -have-sexual-intercourse with a woman who has her monthly-period for she is-considered dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Do not have sex with any woman while she is having her monthly menstrual period.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:20:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not sleep with the wife of another person because you will both spoil/defile yourselves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’Do not have intercourse with our neighbor’s wife. Do not make yourself unclean like this. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -have-sexual-intercourse with the wife of another (man), for if you (sing.) do this you (sing.) will-be-considered dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Do not defile yourself/make yourself unacceptable to me by having sex with someone else’s wife.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:21:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not give any of your children to be presented/offered to that idol called Molek because that matter is disgracing/bringing shame to the name of God. I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’You must not defile the name of your God by sacrificing your sons and daughters in fire for the god Molech. I am the LORD. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -give your (sing.) child for to-be-offered to the god Molek, for that would-bring/[lit. would-give] shame to me who (is) your (sing.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘Do not give any of your children to be burned to be a sacrifice to the god Molech, because that would show that you do not revere me , Yahweh, your God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:22:

• Kupsabiny: “A man must not commit a sexual sin by sleeping with another man. God hates such things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’You must not have intercourse with men like [you do with] women. It is repulsive behavior [lit.: work]. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -have-sexual-intercourse with your (sing.) male fellowman/the-same- man -(as-you-are), for that (is) detestable/abominable.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘No man should have sex with another man; that is detestable.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:23:

• Kupsabiny: “A man or woman must not have sex with any animal. That is a sexual sin!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’You must not have yourselves defiled by having intercourse with any beast or animal. woman must not have sleep with an animal or a beast. This is repulsive behavior. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “A man or a woman must- not -have-sexual-intercourse with an animal, for that (is) wicked and dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘No one, man or woman, should defile himself/cause himself to become unacceptable to me by having sex with an animal; that is a perverse act.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:24:

• Kupsabiny: “Do not let those matters spoil/defile you (plur.) because that is this way the communities of this country defiled themselves those that I am chasing away so I can give it to you (plur.).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “’you must not have made yourselves defiled by such behavior [lit.: work], for [it was] by [just] this kind of behavior all the nations that I am about to drive out became unclean. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -dirty/make-unclean yourselves (plur.)/[lit. your (plur.) own selves] by doing any of these things, for this (is) what has-caused-to-be-dirty/to-be-unclean the people who I have-caused-to-leave the land which (is) for you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘o not defile yourselves/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became unacceptable to me/defiled.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:25:

• Kupsabiny: “People defiled that land because of those matters, and/but then I have punished the land for those sins and made the land vomit out those people who lived there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Even their land has become unclean. So I punished them for their sins, and that land, by vomiting, drove out its people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “And so even-if that land has-became-dirty/has-become-unclean because-of what they do, so I have-sent calamities to that land so-that by-means- of this they will-(all)-leave there. But you (plur.) Israelinhon and the foreigners who (are) living with you (plur.), you (plur.) must- not -do those detestable/abominable things but-instead you (plur.) obey my rules/regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] and commands. For if you (plur.) also make- the land -dirty/unclean by doing those things, you (plur.) will- also -be-caused-to-leave from that land just-like the people before you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “They even caused the land to become defiled, so I punished them for their sins, and it was as though the land vomited out the people who lived there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)