Chapter 20
The death penalty is prescribed for sacrificing children to Molech, cursing father and mother, adultery, homosexual behavior, bestiality, spiritualism, and other abominations—Various laws and ordinances are listed.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Again, 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
3 And 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
4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and
5 Then I will set my
6 ¶And the soul that turneth
7 ¶
8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the
9 ¶For every one that
10 ¶And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his
11 And the man that lieth with his
12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have
13 If a man
14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is
15 And if a man lie with a
16 And 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.
17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her
18 And 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.
19 And 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.
20 And 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.
21 And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is
22 ¶Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein,
23 And ye shall not
24 But 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
25 Ye shall therefore
26 And ye shall be
27 ¶A man also or woman that hath a
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