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Leviticus 20 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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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:

‘Anyone from the sons of Israel or from the strangers residing in Israel who gives any of his [fn]children to Molech, shall certainly 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]children 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]children 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 prostitute with him, by playing the prostitute with Molech.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:6 -

‘As for the person who turns to [fn]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.

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 - ‘So 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 certainly be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and has brought his [fn]own death upon himself.

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 must be put to death.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:11 - ‘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 [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:12 - ‘If there is a man who sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed [fn]incest, and have brought their [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:13 - ‘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 [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:14 - ‘If there is a man who [fn]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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:15 - ‘If there is a man who has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must 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 must be put to death. They have brought their [fn]own deaths upon themselves.
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 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.
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 uncovered his [fn]blood relative; they will bear their guilt.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:20 - ‘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.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:21 - ‘If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is [fn]detestable; 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 vomit you out.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:23 - ‘Furthermore, you shall not [fn]follow the customs of the nation which I am going to drive out before you, because they did all these things; therefore I have felt disgust for them.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:24 - ‘So I have said to you, “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 singled you out 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 crawls on the ground, which I have distinguished for you as unclean.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:26 - ‘So you are to be holy to Me, for I the LORD am holy; and I have singled you out from the peoples to be Mine.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 20:27 -

‘Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist [fn]must be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones; they have brought their [fn]own deaths upon themselves.’”

NASB20 Footnotes
Lit seed
Lit seed
Lit hiding they hide their eyes from
Lit seed
Or ghosts and spirits
Lit bloodguilt upon
Lit bloodguilt upon
Lit disgracefulness
Lit bloodguilt upon
Lit bloodguilt upon
Lit takes
Lit lie
Lit bloodguilt upon
Lit flesh
Or an abomination
Lit dwell in it
Lit walk in
Lit your souls
Lit with which the ground crawls
Lit among them must
Lit bloodguilt upon
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