On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities
20 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 (A)who gives any of his children to Molech, shall certainly be put to death; (B)the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 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 children to Molech, (C)so as to defile My sanctuary and (D)to profane My holy name. 4 If the people of the land, however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his children to Molech, so as not to put him to death, 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 (E)mediums 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. 7 You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and (F)be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 8 So (G)you shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
9 ‘(H)If 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 own death upon himself.
10 ‘(I)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 must be put to death. 11 (J)If 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 own deaths upon themselves. 12 (K)If there is a man who sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed incest, and have brought their own deaths upon themselves. 13 (L)If 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 own deaths upon themselves. 14 (M)If there is a man who marries 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. 15 (N)If there is a man who has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death; you shall also kill the animal. 16 If there is a woman who approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they must be put to death. They have brought their own deaths upon themselves.
17 ‘(O)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. 18 (P)If 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. 19 (Q)You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has uncovered his blood relative; they will bear their guilt. 20 (R)If 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. 21 (S)If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is detestable; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.
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 live will not (T)vomit you out. 23 Furthermore, you shall not follow (U)the customs of the nation which I am going to drive out before you, because they did all these things; (V)therefore I have felt disgust for them. 24 So I have said to you, “(W)You 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 (X)singled you out from the peoples. 25 (Y)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 yourselves detestable by animal or by bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean. 26 So you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I (Z)have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.
27 ‘Now a man or a woman (AA)who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; they have brought their own deaths upon themselves.’”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 20:2
- Leviticus 20:3
- Leviticus 20:4
- Leviticus 20:4
- Leviticus 20:6
- Leviticus 20:9
- Leviticus 20:11
- Leviticus 20:12
- Leviticus 20:12
- Leviticus 20:13
- Leviticus 20:14
- Leviticus 20:16
- Leviticus 20:16
- Leviticus 20:19
- Leviticus 20:21
- Leviticus 20:22
- Leviticus 20:23
- Leviticus 20:25
- Leviticus 20:25
- Leviticus 20:27
- Leviticus 20:27
Cross references
- Leviticus 20:2 : Lev 18:21
- Leviticus 20:2 : Lev 20:27; 24:14-23; Num 15:35, 36; Deut 21:21
- Leviticus 20:3 : Lev 15:31
- Leviticus 20:3 : Lev 18:21
- Leviticus 20:6 : Lev 19:31
- Leviticus 20:7 : Eph 1:4; 1 Pet 1:16
- Leviticus 20:8 : Ex 31:13
- Leviticus 20:9 : Ex 21:17; Deut 27:16
- Leviticus 20:10 : Ex 20:14; Lev 18:20; Deut 5:18
- Leviticus 20:11 : Lev 18:7, 8; Deut 27:20
- Leviticus 20:12 : Lev 18:15
- Leviticus 20:13 : Lev 18:22
- Leviticus 20:14 : Lev 18:17; Deut 27:23
- Leviticus 20:15 : Lev 18:23; Deut 27:21
- Leviticus 20:17 : Lev 18:9; Deut 27:22
- Leviticus 20:18 : Lev 15:24; 18:19
- Leviticus 20:19 : Lev 18:12, 13
- Leviticus 20:20 : Lev 18:14
- Leviticus 20:21 : Lev 18:16
- Leviticus 20:22 : Lev 18:28
- Leviticus 20:23 : Lev 18:3
- Leviticus 20:23 : Lev 18:25
- Leviticus 20:24 : Ex 13:5; 33:1-3
- Leviticus 20:24 : Ex 33:16; Lev 20:26
- Leviticus 20:25 : Lev 10:10; 11:1-47; Deut 14:3-21
- Leviticus 20:26 : Lev 20:24
- Leviticus 20:27 : Lev 19:31
