“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to
the children of Israel, Whosoever [he be] of the children of Israel, or
of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed
unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land
shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man,
and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his
seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. 4
And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man,
when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not: 5 Then I will
set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him
off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with
Molech, from among their people. 6 And the soul that turneth after such
as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them,
I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from
among his people. 7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I
[am] the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I
[am] the LORD which sanctify you. 9 For every one that curseth his
father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his
father or his mother; his blood [shall be] upon him.”
“10 And the man that committeth adultery with [another] man’s wife,
[even he] that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the
adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the
man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s
nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall
be] upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of
them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their
blood [shall be] upon them. 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he
lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they
shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. 14 And
if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be
burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among
you. 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death:
and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast,
and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they
shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them. 17 And
if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s
daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it [is] a
wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he
hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18
And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall
uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath
uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off
from among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of
thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his
near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20 And if a man shall lie with
his uncle’s wife, he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness: they shall
bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 And if a man shall take his
brother’s wife, it [is] an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his
brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.”
“22 Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and
do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you
not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I
cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore
I abhorred them. 24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their
land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that floweth
with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God, which have separated you
from [other] people. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean
beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall
not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of
living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from
you as unclean. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD [am]
holy, and have severed you from [other] people, that ye should be mine.
27 A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard,
shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their
blood [shall be] upon them.” (Le 20:1-27 AV)
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