Leviticus 20
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1And the LORD said to Moses, 2“Again, you shall say to the children of Israel, ‘Any Israelite, or sojourner in Israel, that sacrifices any of his children to Molech shall 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 will cut him off from among his people; because he has given (sacrificed) his children to Molech, defiling My sanctuary, and to profaning My holy name. 4And if the people of the land in any way turn their eyes from the man when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and do not kill him: 5Then I, Myself, will set My face against that man and his family, and any that follow him to commit harlotry with Molech, and I will cut him off from among their people.

6And the soul that follows after those that have familiar spirits, or wizards, to play the harlot with them, I will also set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.

7Sanctify yourselves, therefore, and be holy: for I am the LORD your God. 8You shall keep My statutes, and obey them: I am the LORD, Who sanctifies you.

9For anyone who curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death, because he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be on his own head.

10And any man who commits adultery with another man's wife - with his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11And the man that sleeps with his father's wife has dishonored his father: they both shall be surely put to death; their blood shall be on their own head. 12And if a man sleeps with his daughter in law, they both shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13If any man has sexual relations with a man, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 14And if a man takes a wife and her mother, also, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire - both he and they – so that there is no such wickedness among you. 15And if a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall also slay the animal. 16And if a woman approaches any animal, and lies down to it, you shalt kill the woman, and the animal: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17And if a man takes his sister, his father's daughter, or his mother's daughter, and sees 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 has uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18And if a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period; they have uncovered the flow of her blood: and they both shall be cut off from among their people. 19And you shall not sleep with your mother's sister, nor your father's sister: for they are your near kin: you and they shall bear their guilt. 20And if a man sleeps with his uncle's wife, he has dishonored his uncle: they shall bear their guilt; they shall die childless. 21And if a man takes his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he has dishonored his brother; they shall be childless.

22You shall therefore keep all My statutes, and ordinances, and obey them: so that the land into which I bring you to dwell does not spew you out. 23And you shall not follow the customs of the nations that I drive out before you: for they committed all these abominations, and therefore, I abhorred them. 24But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, Who has separated you from other people.”

25You shall therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals, and clean and unclean birds: and you shall not make your souls abominable by any unclean animal, or bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have identified to you as unclean. 26And you shall be holy unto Me: for I, the LORD am holy, and have set you apart from other people, that you should be Mine.

27Also, a man or woman that has a familiar spirit, or is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall be stoned to death; their blood shall be upon them.’”

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