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Leviticus 20 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:1 - Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:2 - “You shall also say to the sons of Israel: ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his [fn]offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:3 - ‘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 [fn]offspring to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:4 - ‘If the people of the land, however, [fn]should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his [fn]offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death,
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:5 - 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 harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 - ‘As for the person who turns to [fn]mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:7 - ‘You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:8 - ‘You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:9 - ‘If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:10 - ‘If 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 shall surely be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - ‘If there is a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - ‘If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed [fn]incest, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - ‘If there is a man who [fn]marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no immorality in your midst.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - ‘If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:16 - ‘If there is a woman who approaches any animal to [fn]mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:17 - ‘If 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:18 - ‘If there is a man who lies with a [fn]menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has [fn]exposed the flow of her blood; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:19 - ‘You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has made naked his [fn]blood relative; they will bear their guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - ‘If there is a man who lies with his uncle’s wife he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - ‘If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is [fn]abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:22 - ‘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 [fn]live will not spew you out.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Moreover, you shall not [fn]follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - ‘Hence I have said to you, “You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from the peoples.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:25 - ‘You 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 [fn]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything [fn]that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:26 - ‘Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 - ‘Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a [fn]spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.’”
NASB95 Footnotes
Literally: seed
Literally: seed
Literally: hiding they hide their eyes from
Literally: seed
Or, ghosts and spirits
Literally: confusion; i.e. a violation of divine order
Literally: takes
Literally: lie
Literally: sick
Or, uncovered
Literally: flesh
Or, an impure deed
Literally: dwell in it
Literally: walk in the statutes
Literally: your souls
Literally: with which the ground creeps
Literally: spiritist among them
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