Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “You shall also say to the sons of Israel:‘Anyone from the sons of Israel or from the strangers residing in Israel awho gives any of his 1children to Molech, shall certainly be put to death; bthe people of the land shall stone him with stones.Lit seedLev 18:21Lev 20:27; 24:14-23; Num 15:35, 36; Deut 21:21 3 I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his 1children to Molech, aso as to defile My sanctuary and bto profane My holy name.Lit seedLev 15:31Lev 18:21 4 If the people of the land, however, 1should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his 2children to Molech, so as not to put him to death,Lit hiding they hide their eyes fromLit seed 5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the prostitute with him, by playing the prostitute with Molech.
6 ‘As for the person who turns to 1amediums and to spiritists, to play the prostitute with them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.Or ghosts and spiritsLev 19:31 7 You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and abe holy, for I am the LORD your God.Eph 1:4; 1 Pet 1:16 8 So ayou shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.Ex 31:13
9 ‘aIf there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall certainly be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and has brought his 1own death upon himself.Lit bloodguilt uponEx 21:17; Deut 27:16
10 ‘aIf there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, one who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.Ex 20:14; Lev 18:20; Deut 5:18 11 aIf there is a man who sleeps with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death, they have brought their 1own deaths upon themselves.Lit bloodguilt uponLev 18:7, 8; Deut 27:20 12 aIf there is a man who sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed 1incest, and have brought their 2own deaths upon themselves.Lit disgracefulnessLit bloodguilt uponLev 18:15 13 aIf there is a man who sleeps with a male as those who sleep with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they must be put to death. They have brought their 1own deaths upon themselves.Lit bloodguilt uponLev 18:22 14 aIf there is a man who 1marries a woman and her mother, it is an outrageous sin; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no such outrageous sin in your midst.Lit takesLev 18:17; Deut 27:23 15 aIf there is a man who has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death; you shall also kill the animal.Lev 18:23; Deut 27:21 16 If there is a woman who approaches any animal to 1mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they must be put to death. They have brought their 2own deaths upon themselves.Lit lieLit bloodguilt upon
17 ‘aIf there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt.Lev 18:9; Deut 27:22 18 aIf there is a man who sleeps with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; so both of them shall be cut off from among their people.Lev 15:24; 18:19 19 aYou shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has uncovered his 1blood relative; they will bear their guilt.Lit fleshLev 18:12, 13 20 aIf there is a man who sleeps with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.Lev 18:14 21 aIf there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is 1detestable; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.Or an abominationLev 18:16
22 ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to 1live will not avomit you out.Lit dwell in itLev 18:28 23 Furthermore, you shall not 1follow athe customs of the nation which I am going to drive out before you, because they did all these things; btherefore I have felt disgust for them.Lit walk inLev 18:3Lev 18:25 24 So I have said to you, “aYou are to take possession of their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has bsingled you out from the peoples.Ex 13:5; 33:1-3Ex 33:16; Lev 20:26 25 aYou are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make 1yourselves detestable by animal or by bird, or by anything 2that crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean.Lit your soulsLit with which the ground crawlsLev 10:10; 11:1-47; Deut 14:3-21 26 So you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I ahave singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.Lev 20:24
27 ‘Now a man or a woman awho is a medium or a spiritist 1must be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; they have brought their 2own deaths upon themselves.’”Lit among them mustLit bloodguilt uponLev 19:31