Leviticus 20:1-27
Punishments for Sin
1 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. 3 I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 4 If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death, 5 I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.
6 “‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
7 “‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. 8 Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
9 “‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.
10 “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
11 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14 “‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
15 “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16 “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17 “‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
18 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.
19 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.
21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; 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 nations.
25 “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. 26 You 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.
27 “‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’”
The LORD said to Moses, “You must also tell the Israelites these things: Anyone living in Israel who gives one of their children to the false god Molek must be killed!...It doesn’t matter if they are a citizen of Israel or a foreigner, you must throw stones at them and kill them...I will be against them and separate them from their people, because they gave their children to Molek...They showed that they did not respect My Holy Name...And they made My Holy Place unclean...Maybe the common people will ignore them...Maybe they will not kill those who gave their children to Molek...But I will be against these people and their families...I will separate them from their people...I will separate anyone who is unfaithful to me and chases after Molek...
“I will be against anyone who goes to mediums and wizards for advice...Whoever does this is being unfaithful to me...So I will separate them from their people...“Be special...Make yourselves holy, because I AM the LORD your God...Remember and obey My laws...I AM the LORD...And I have made you my special people...
“Whoever curses their father or mother must be put to death...They cursed their father or mother, so they are responsible for their own death!...
“If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery and must be put to death!...If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, both the man and the woman must be put to death....They are responsible for their own death...It is as if that man had sexual relations with his father!...
“If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death...They have committed a terrible sexual sin!...They are responsible for their own death...
“If a man has sexual relations with another man as with a woman, they have committed a terrible sin...They must be put to death...They are responsible for their own death...
“It is a sexual sin if a man has sexual relations with a woman and her mother...The people must burn that man and the two women in fire!...Don’t let this sexual sin happen among your people...
“If a man has sexual relations with an animal, both the man and the animal must be put to death...If a woman has sexual relations with an animal, you must kill the woman and the animal...They must be put to death...They are responsible for their own death...
“It is a shameful thing for a brother and his sister or half-sister to marry each other and have sexual relations with each other...They must be punished in public...They must be separated from their people...The man who has sexual relations with his sister must be punished for his sin...
“If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly time of bleeding, both the woman and the man must be separated from their people...They sinned because they exposed her source of blood...
“You must not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister...That is a sin of incest...You must be punished for your sins...
“A man must not have sexual relations with his uncle’s wife...It would be like having sexual relations with his uncle...That man and his uncle’s wife will be punished for their sins...They will die without children...
“It is wrong for a man to take his brother’s wife...It would be like having sexual relations with his brother!...They will have no children...
“You must remember all My laws and rules...And you must obey them...I AM leading you to your land...You will live in that country...If you obey My laws and rules, that land will not vomit you out...I AM forcing other people to leave that country because they committed all those sins...I hate those sins!...So don’t live the way those people lived...But I have told you that you will get their land...I will give their land to you...It will be your land!...It is a land filled with many good things...I AM the LORD your God...
“I have treated you differently from other people...So you must treat clean animals differently from unclean animals...You must also treat clean birds differently from unclean birds...Don’t eat any of these unclean birds or animals or things that crawl on the ground...I have made these things unclean...I have separated you from other nations to be My own special people...So you must be holy because I AM the LORD, and I AM Holy...
“A man or a woman who is a medium or a wizard must be put to death...The people must kill them with stones...They are responsible for their own death.”...