| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, | 1The LORD spoke to Moses: " |
| 2Again, 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. | 2Say to 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 country are to stone him. |
| 3And 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. | 3I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling My sanctuary and profaning My holy name. |
| 4And 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: | 4But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death, |
| 5Then 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. | 5then I will turn against that man and his family, and cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech." |
| 6And 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. | 6Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people. |
| 7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. | 7Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. |
| 8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you. | 8Keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who sets you apart." |
| 9For 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. | 9If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands. |
| 10And 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. | 10If a man commits adultery with a married woman--if he commits adultery with his neighbor's wife--both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. |
| 11And 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. | 11If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands. |
| 12And 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. | 12If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own hands. |
| 13If 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. | 13If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable thing. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands. |
| 14And 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. | 14If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you. |
| 15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. | 15If a man has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal. |
| 16And 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. | 16If a woman comes near any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their own blood is on them. |
| 17And 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. | 17If a man marries his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment. |
| 18And 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. | 18If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse 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 their people. |
| 19And 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. | 19You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for it is exposing one's own blood relative; both people will bear their punishment. |
| 20And 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. | 20If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has shamed his uncle; they will bear their guilt and die childless. |
| 21And 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. | 21If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has shamed his brother; they will be childless." |
| 22Ye 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. | 22You are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out. |
| 23And 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. | 23You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them. |
| 24But 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. | 24And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am Yahweh your God who set you apart from the peoples. |
| 25Ye 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. | 25Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you. |
| 26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine. | 26You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine. |
| 27A 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. | 27A man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their blood is on their own hands." |
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