CHAPTER 20
“Tell
the Israelites,
‘Any
Israelite
or foreigner
living
in Israel
who
gives
any of
his children
to Molech
must be put to death.
The people
of the land
are to stone
him.
And I
will set
My face
against that
man
and cut him off
from
his people,
because
by giving
his offspring
to Molech,
he has defiled
My sanctuary
and profaned
My holy
name.
And if
the people
of the land
ever hide
their eyes
and fail
to put to death
the man
who gives
one of
his children
to Molech,
then I
will set
My face
against that
man
and his family
and cut off
from
their people
both him and all
who follow
him in prostituting
themselves with
Molech.
Whoever
turns
to
mediums
or spiritists
to prostitute
himself with them,
I will also set
My face
against that person
and cut him off
from
his people.
If
anyone
curses
his father
or mother,
he must be put to death.
He has cursed
his father
or mother;
his blood
shall be upon him.
If a man
commits adultery
with
another man’s
wife—
with
the wife
of his neighbor—
both the adulterer
and the adulteress
must surely
be put to death.
If a man
lies
with
his father’s
wife,
he has uncovered
his father’s
nakedness.
Both
must surely
be put to death;
their blood
is upon them.
If a man
lies
with
his daughter-in-law,
both
must surely
be put to death.
They have acted
perversely;
their blood
is upon them.
If a man
lies
with
a man
as with a woman,
they have both
committed
an abomination.
They must surely
be put to death;
their blood
is upon them.
If a man
marries
both a woman
and her mother,
it
is depraved.
Both he
and they
must be burned
in the fire,
so that there will be
no
depravity
among you.
If a man
has sexual relations
with an animal,
he must be put to death.
And
you are also to kill
the animal.
If a woman
approaches
any
animal
to mate
with it,
you must kill
both
the woman
and
the animal.
They must surely
be put to death;
their blood
is upon them.
If a man
marries
his sister,
whether the daughter
of his father
or
his mother,
and they have sexual relations,
it
is a disgrace.
They must be cut off
in the sight
of
their people.
He has uncovered
the nakedness
of his sister;
he shall bear
his iniquity.
If a man
lies
with
a menstruating
woman
and has sexual relations with
her,
he has exposed
the source of her flow,
and she
has uncovered
the source
of her blood.
Both
of them must be cut off
from
their people.
You must not
have sexual relations with
the sister
of your mother
or your father,
for
it is exposing
one’s own kin;
both shall bear
their iniquity.
If a man
lies
with
his uncle’s wife,
he has uncovered
the nakedness
of his uncle.
They will bear
their sin;
they shall die
childless.
If a man
marries
his brother’s
wife,
it
is an act of impurity.
He has uncovered
the nakedness
of his brother;
they shall be
childless.
You are therefore to keep
all
My statutes
and
ordinances,
so that the land
where
I
am bringing
you to live
will not
vomit you out.
You must not
follow
the statutes
of the nations
I
am driving out
before you,
for
they did
all
these things,
and I abhorred them.
But I have said
to you,
“You
will inherit
their land,
since I
will give
it to you
as an inheritance,
a land
flowing
with milk
and honey.”
I
am the LORD
your God,
who
has set you apart
from
the peoples.
You are therefore to distinguish
between
clean
and unclean
animals
and
birds.
Do not
become contaminated
by any animal
or bird,
or by anything
that
crawls
on the ground;
I have set these
apart
as unclean
for you.
You are to be
holy
to Me
because
I,
the LORD,
am holy,
and I have set you apart
from
the nations
that you should be
My own.
A man
or
a woman
who is
a medium
or
a spiritist
must surely
be put to death.
They shall be stoned;
their blood
is upon them.’”