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

On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities

Lev 20:1

Lev 20:1Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Lev 20:2

Lev 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.

Lev 20:3

Lev 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.

Lev 20:4

Lev 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,

Lev 20:5

Lev 20:5then 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.

Lev 20:6

Lev 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.

Lev 20:7

Lev 20:7‘You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

Lev 20:8

Lev 20:8‘You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

Lev 20:9

Lev 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.

Lev 20:10

Lev 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.

Lev 20:11

Lev 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.

Lev 20:12

Lev 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.

Lev 20:13

Lev 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.

Lev 20:14

Lev 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.

Lev 20:15

Lev 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.

Lev 20:16

Lev 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.

Lev 20:17

Lev 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.

Lev 20:18

Lev 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.

Lev 20:19

Lev 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.

Lev 20:20

Lev 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.

Lev 20:21

Lev 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.

Lev 20:22

Lev 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.

Lev 20:23

Lev 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.

Lev 20:24

Lev 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.

Lev 20:25

Lev 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.

Lev 20:26

Lev 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.

Lev 20:27

Lev 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.’”
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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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