Leviticus 20

Punishments for Disobedience

1Then the LORD said to Moses,

1And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Tell the Israelites, ‘Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death. The people of the land are to stone him.

2“And to the sons of Israel you shall say, ‘Any man of the sons of Israel or from the sojourner who is sojourning in Israel who gives of his seed to Molech, he must surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

3And I will set My face against that man and cut him off from his people, because by giving his offspring to Molech, he has defiled My sanctuary and profaned My holy name.

3And I will set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, for of his seed he has given to Molech to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.

4And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes and fail to put to death the man who gives one of his children to Molech,

4And if the people of the land ever hide their eyes from that man when he gives of his seed to Molech, and they do not kill him,

5then I will set My face against that man and his family and cut off from among their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

5then I will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut him off—and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit prostitution with Molech—from among their people.

6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will also set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

6And the person who turns to the mediums and to the spiritists to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from among his people.

7Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.

7And consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am YHWH your God.

8And you shall keep My statutes and practice them. I am the LORD who sanctifies you.

8And you shall keep My statutes and perform them. I am YHWH who sanctifies you.

9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood shall be upon him.

9For any man who curses his father or his mother, he must surely be put to death. His father or his mother He has cursed; his blood is on him.

Punishments for Sexual Immorality

10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

10And the man who commits adultery with the wife of a man—who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor—the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

11If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

11And the man who lies with the wife of his father has uncovered the nakedness of his father—both of them must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

12If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

12And a man, if he lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them must surely be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood is on them.

13If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

13And a man, if he lies with a male as he lies with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is on them.

14If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

14And a man, if he marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with the fire, he and they, that there may not be wickedness in your midst.

15If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.

15And a man who commits his copulation with an animal, he must surely be put to death, and the animal you shall kill.

16If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

16And a woman, if she approaches unto any animal and mates with it, then you shall kill the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is on them.

17If a man marries his sister, whether the daughter of his father or of his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his iniquity.

17And a man, if he takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a wicked thing, and they shall be cut off in the eyes of their people. He has uncovered the nakedness of his sister; he shall bear his guilt.

18If a man lies with a menstruating woman and has sexual relations with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from among their people.

18And a man, if he lies with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. And the two of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19You must not have sexual relations with the sister of your mother or your father, for it is exposing one’s own kin; both shall bear their iniquity.

19And the nakedness of the sister of your mother or the sister of your father you shall not uncover, because he would uncover his close relative. They shall bear their guilt.

20If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

20And a man, if he lies with his aunt, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle; they shall bear their sin. They shall die childless.

21If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother; they shall be childless.

21And a man, if he takes the wife of his brother, it is an unclean thing. He has uncovered the nakedness of his brother. They shall be childless.

Distinguish between Clean and Unclean

22You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

22And you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you there to dwell may not vomit you out.

23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.

23And you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation that I am casting out before you, for all these things they commit, and I abhor them.

24But I have told you that you will inherit their land, since I will give it to you as an inheritance—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God, who has set you apart from the peoples.

24And I have said to you that you shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it—a land flowing with milk and honey. I am YHWH your God, who has separated you from the peoples.

25You are therefore to distinguish between clean and unclean animals and birds. Do not become contaminated by any animal or bird, or by anything that crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

25And you shall distinguish between the clean and between the unclean animals, and between the unclean and between the clean birds; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by the beast or by the bird or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

26You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be My own.

26And you shall be holy to Me, for I, YHWH, am holy; and I have separated you from the peoples, that you should be unto Me.

27A man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist must surely be put to death. They shall be stoned; their blood is upon them.’”

27And a man or a woman who is a medium or spiritist, they must surely be put to death. With stones they shall stone them. Their blood is on them.’”