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Leviticus 18-20

Leviticus Chapter 18

¹The LORD said to Moses, ²“Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God. ³You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes. ⁴You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God. ⁵You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD. ⁶“ ‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. ⁷“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness. ⁸“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness. ⁹“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad. ¹⁰“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness; for theirs is your own nakedness. ¹¹“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister. ¹²“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman. ¹³“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman. ¹⁴“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt. ¹⁵“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness. ¹⁶“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness. ¹⁷“ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness. ¹⁸“ ‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive. ¹⁹“ ‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness. ²⁰“ ‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her. ²¹“ ‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. ²²“ ‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable. ²³“ ‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion. ²⁴“ ‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled. ²⁵The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants. ²⁶You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you ²⁷(for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled), ²⁸that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you. ²⁹“ ‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people. ³⁰Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

1: The LORD said to Moses,

2: “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘I am the LORD your God.

3: You shall not do as they do in the land of Egypt, where you lived. You shall not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. You shall not follow their statutes.

4: You shall do my ordinances. You shall keep my statutes and walk in them. I am the LORD your God.

5: You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances, which if a man does, he shall live in them. I am the LORD.

6: “ ‘None of you shall approach any close relatives, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.

7: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, nor the nakedness of your mother: she is your mother. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

8: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife. It is your father’s nakedness.

9: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your sister, the daughter of your father, or the daughter of your mother, whether born at home or born abroad.

10: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your son’s daughter, or of your daughter’s daughter, even their nakedness; for theirs is your own nakedness.

11: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, conceived by your father, since she is your sister.

12: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister. She is your father’s near kinswoman.

13: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s near kinswoman.

14: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother. You shall not approach his wife. She is your aunt.

15: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.

16: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife. It is your brother’s nakedness.

17: “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter. You shall not take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness. They are near kinswomen. It is wickedness.

18: “ ‘You shall not take a wife in addition to her sister, to be a rival, to uncover her nakedness, while her sister is still alive.

19: “ ‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

20: “ ‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.

21: “ ‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

22: “ ‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.

23: “ ‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.

24: “ ‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.

25: The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.

26: You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you

27: (for the men of the land that were before you had done all these abominations, and the land became defiled),

28: that the land not vomit you out also, when you defile it, as it vomited out the nation that was before you.

29: “ ‘For whoever shall do any of these abominations, even the souls that do them shall be cut off from among their people.

30: Therefore you shall keep my requirements, that you do not practice any of these abominable customs which were practiced before you, and that you do not defile yourselves with them. I am the LORD your God.’ ”

Leviticus Chapter 19

¹The LORD spoke to Moses, saying, ²“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, the LORD your God, am holy. ³“ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God. ⁴“ ‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God. ⁵“ ‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. ⁶It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire. ⁷If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; ⁸but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD, and that soul shall be cut off from his people. ⁹“ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. ¹⁰You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God. ¹¹“ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another. ¹²“ ‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD. ¹³“ ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “ ‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning. ¹⁴“ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD. ¹⁵“ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness. ¹⁶“ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD. ¹⁷“ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him. ¹⁸“ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD. ¹⁹“ ‘You shall keep my statutes. “ ‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “ ‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “ ‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material. ²⁰“ ‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free. ²¹He shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering. ²²The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him. ²³“ ‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. For three years it shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten. ²⁴But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to the LORD. ²⁵In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am the LORD your God. ²⁶“ ‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery. ²⁷“ ‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard. ²⁸“ ‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD. ²⁹“ ‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness. ³⁰“ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am the LORD. ³¹“ ‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God. ³²“ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD. ³³“ ‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. ³⁴The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God. ³⁵“ ‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity. ³⁶You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt. ³⁷“ ‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the LORD.’ ”

1: The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2: “Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, the LORD your God, am holy.

3: “ ‘Each one of you shall respect his mother and his father. You shall keep my Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.

4: “ ‘Don’t turn to idols, nor make molten gods for yourselves. I am the LORD your God.

5: “ ‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted.

6: It shall be eaten the same day you offer it, and on the next day. If anything remains until the third day, it shall be burned with fire.

7: If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;

8: but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned the holy thing of the LORD, and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

9: “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not wholly reap the corners of your field, neither shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest.

10: You shall not glean your vineyard, neither shall you gather the fallen grapes of your vineyard. You shall leave them for the poor and for the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

11: “ ‘You shall not steal. “ ‘You shall not lie. “ ‘You shall not deceive one another.

12: “ ‘You shall not swear by my name falsely, and profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

13: “ ‘You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. “ ‘The wages of a hired servant shall not remain with you all night until the morning.

14: “ ‘You shall not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind; but you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

15: “ ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but you shall judge your neighbor in righteousness.

16: “ ‘You shall not go around as a slanderer among your people. “ ‘You shall not endanger the life of your neighbor. I am the LORD.

17: “ ‘You shall not hate your brother in your heart. You shall surely rebuke your neighbor, and not bear sin because of him.

18: “ ‘You shall not take vengeance, nor bear any grudge against the children of your people; but you shall love your neighbor as yourself. I am the LORD.

19: “ ‘You shall keep my statutes. “ ‘You shall not cross-breed different kinds of animals. “ ‘You shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed; “ ‘Don’t wear a garment made of two kinds of material.

20: “ ‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

21: He shall bring his trespass offering to the LORD, to the door of the Tent of Meeting, even a ram for a trespass offering.

22: The priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he has committed; and the sin which he has committed shall be forgiven him.

23: “ ‘When you come into the land, and have planted all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as forbidden. For three years it shall be forbidden to you. It shall not be eaten.

24: But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, for giving praise to the LORD.

25: In the fifth year you shall eat its fruit, that it may yield its increase to you. I am the LORD your God.

26: “ ‘You shall not eat any meat with the blood still in it. You shall not use enchantments, nor practice sorcery.

27: “ ‘You shall not cut the hair on the sides of your head or clip off the edge of your beard.

28: “ ‘You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you. I am the LORD.

29: “ ‘Don’t profane your daughter, to make her a prostitute; lest the land fall to prostitution, and the land become full of wickedness.

30: “ ‘You shall keep my Sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary; I am the LORD.

31: “ ‘Don’t turn to those who are mediums, nor to the wizards. Don’t seek them out, to be defiled by them. I am the LORD your God.

32: “ ‘You shall rise up before the gray head and honor the face of the elderly; and you shall fear your God. I am the LORD.

33: “ ‘If a stranger lives as a foreigner with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong.

34: The stranger who lives as a foreigner with you shall be to you as the native-born among you, and you shall love him as yourself; for you lived as foreigners in the land of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.

35: “ ‘You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.

36: You shall have just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin. I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt.

37: “ ‘You shall observe all my statutes and all my ordinances, and do them. I am the LORD.’ ”

Leviticus Chapter 20

¹The LORD 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 offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone that person with stones. ³I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name. ⁴If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death, ⁵then 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 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 the LORD your God. ⁸You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the LORD 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 himself. 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 themselves. 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 themselves. 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 themselves. 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 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. 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 her fountain naked, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. 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 his close relative naked. They shall bear their iniquity. ²⁰If 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. ²³You 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. ²⁴But 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 the LORD 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. 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. ²⁶You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, 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 be stoned with stones. Their blood shall be upon themselves.’ ”

1: The LORD 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 offspring to Molech shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone that person 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 offspring 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 offspring 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 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 the LORD your God.

8: You shall keep my statutes, and do them. I am the LORD 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 himself.

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 themselves.

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 themselves.

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 themselves.

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 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. 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 her fountain naked, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. 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 his close relative naked. 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 the LORD 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. 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, the LORD, 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 be stoned with stones. Their blood shall be upon themselves.’ ”

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