1 Yahweh 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 seed to Molech; he
shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him 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 seed 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 seed 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 to the 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 Yahweh your
God. 8 You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am Yahweh 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
him.
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 them.
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
them.
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
them.
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 down 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; and 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 naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the
fountain of her blood: and 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 naked his close relative: 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 Yahweh 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: and 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, Yahweh, 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 stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon
them.’”
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