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1 The
LORD spoke to
Moses, saying,
2 “Moreover,
you shall tell the
children of Israel,
‘Anyone of the
children of Israel,
or of the
strangers who live
as foreigners in
Israel, who gives
any of his
offspring
to Molech shall
surely be put
to death. The
people of the land
shall stone
that person with stones.
3 I
also will set
my face against
that person, and
will cut him
off from among
his people,
because he has
given of his
offspring to
Molech, to defile
my sanctuary, and
to profane my
holy name.
4 If
the people of
the land all hide
their eyes from
that person when
he gives of
his offspring to
Molech, and don’t
put him to
death,
5 then
I will set
my face against
that man and
against his family,
and will cut
him off, and
all who play
the prostitute after
him to play
the prostitute
with Molech, from
among their people.
6 “ ‘The
person that turns
to those who
are mediums and
wizards, to play
the prostitute
after them, I
will even set my
face against that
person, and will
cut him off
from among his
people.
7 “ ‘Sanctify
yourselves therefore,
and be holy;
for I am
the LORD your
God.
8 You
shall keep my
statutes, and do
them. I am
the LORD who
sanctifies you.
9 “ ‘For
everyone who curses
his father or
his mother shall
surely be put
to death. He
has cursed
his father or
his mother. His
blood shall be upon
himself.
10 “ ‘The
man who commits
adultery with
another man’s wife,
even he who commits
adultery with his
neighbor’s wife, the
adulterer and the
adulteress shall
surely be put
to death.
11 “ ‘The
man who lies with
his father’s wife has
uncovered his father’s
nakedness. Both of
them shall surely
be put to
death. Their blood
shall be
upon themselves.
12 “ ‘If a
man lies with
his daughter-in-law,
both of them
shall surely be
put to death.
They have
committed a
perversion. Their
blood shall be
upon themselves.
13 “ ‘If a
man lies with
a male, as
with a woman, both
of them have
committed an
abomination. They
shall surely be
put to death.
Their blood shall
be upon themselves.
14 “ ‘If
a man takes a wife
and her mother, it
is wickedness.
They shall be
burned with fire, both
he and they,
that there may
be no wickedness
among you.
15 “ ‘If a
man lies with
an animal, he
shall surely be
put to death;
and you shall
kill the animal.
16 “ ‘If
a woman approaches
any animal and lies
with it, you
shall kill
the woman and
the animal. They
shall surely be
put to death.
Their blood shall
be upon them.
17 “ ‘If
a man takes
his sister—his
father’s daughter,
or his mother’s
daughter—and sees
her nakedness, and
she sees his
nakedness, it is
a shameful thing.
They shall be
cut off in
the sight of
the children of
their people. He
has uncovered
his sister’s nakedness.
He shall bear
his iniquity.
18 “ ‘If
a man lies with
a woman having
her monthly period, and
uncovers her
nakedness, he has
made her fountain
naked, and she
has uncovered the
fountain of her
blood. Both of
them shall be
cut off from
among their people.
19 “ ‘You
shall not uncover
the nakedness of
your mother’s sister, nor
of your father’s sister,
for he has
made his close
relative naked.
They shall bear
their iniquity.
20 If a
man lies with
his uncle’s wife,
he has uncovered
his uncle’s
nakedness. They
shall bear their
sin. They shall
die childless.
21 “ ‘If
a man takes
his brother’s wife, it
is an impurity.
He has uncovered
his brother’s nakedness.
They shall be
childless.
22 “ ‘You
shall therefore
keep all my
statutes and all
my ordinances, and
do them, that
the land where I am
bringing you to
dwell may not
vomit you out.
23 You
shall not walk
in the customs
of the nation
which I am casting
out before you;
for they did
all these things,
and therefore I
abhorred them.
24 But
I have said to
you, “You shall
inherit their land,
and I 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.
25 “ ‘You
shall therefore make
a distinction between the
clean animal and
the unclean,
and between the
unclean fowl and
the clean. You
shall not make
yourselves abominable
by animal, or by
bird, or by
anything with
which the ground teems,
which I
have separated from
you as unclean
for you.
26 You
shall be holy
to me, for
I, the LORD,
am holy, and
have set you apart
from the peoples,
that you should
be mine.
27 “ ‘A
man or a woman
that is a medium
or is a
wizard shall
surely be put
to death. They
shall be stoned
with stones. Their
blood shall be
upon themselves.’ ”