‏ Leviticus 20

CHAPTER 20

Laws Regarding Idolatry

1And the lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2And to the sons of Israel, you shall speak, saying, If any from the sons of Israel, or of the ones being foreigners in Israel, who ever should give   his semen to a chief god, to death let him be put to death! The nation, the people  upon the land shall stone him with stones. 3And I will set   my face against   that man, and I will destroy him from out of   his people. For   of his semen he gave to a chief god, that he should defile   my holy place, and should profane the name -- the one having been sanctified to me. 4And if in disdain [⁵should overlook ¹the ²native-born ³of the ⁴land] with  their eyes of   that man, in   his giving   his semen to a chief god, to not kill him, 5then I shall set   my face against   that man, and   his kin, and I will destroy him, and all the ones consenting with him, so as for them to fornicate with the ruling gods  of   their people. 6And a soul who ever should follow after ones who deliver oracles or enchanters, so as to fornicate after them, I will set   my face against   that soul, and I will destroy it from out of   its people. 7And you shall be sanctified, and you shall be holy, for [⁴am holy ¹I ²the lord    ³your God]. 8And you shall keep   my orders, and you shall do them. I am  the lord, the one sanctifying you. 9The man, a man who ever [²wickedly ¹should speak]   of his father or   his mother, unto death let him be put to death! [³of his father ⁴or ⁵of his mother ²wickedly ¹he spoke], he shall be liable

Laws Regarding Sexual Impurity

10And a man, a man who ever should commit adultery [²wife ¹with a man's], or who ever should commit adultery with a wife   of his neighbor, to death let them be put to death! the man committing adultery and the woman committing adultery. 11And if anyone should have bedded with the wife   of his father, [²the indecency   ³of his father ¹to uncover], to death let them be put to death! both are liable. 12And if anyone should have bedded with his daughter-in-law, unto death let them be put to death! both were impious, they are liable. 13And who ever should have bedded with a male as the marriage-bed of a woman, [³an abomination ²did ¹both]; to death let them be put to death! they are liable. 14Who ever should take a woman and   her mother, [²a violation of the law ¹it is]; in fire they shall incinerate him and them, and there shall not be a violation of the law among you. 15And who ever should give over to his laying with a four-footed creature, to death let him be put to death! and the four-footed creature  you shall kill. 16And a woman, whoever should come forward to any beast to breed herself by it, you shall kill the woman and the beast -- unto death let them be put to death! they are liable. 17Who ever should take   his sister of his father, or of his mother, and should look at   her indecency, and she should look at   his indecency, it is scornful, they shall be utterly destroyed before the sons of their race, for the indecency of his sister he uncovered -- his sin he shall receive. 18And a man who ever should go to bed with a woman sitting apart, and shall uncover   her indecency,   [²her flow ¹he uncovered], and she uncovered the flow   of her blood; [²shall be utterly destroyed ¹both] from   their generation. 19And the indecency [²sister ¹of your father's] and [²sister ¹your mother's] you shall not uncover, [³the ¹for ⁴family intimacy ²he uncovered]; [²their sin ¹they shall carry]. 20And who ever should have gone to bed with his relative, [²the indecency   ³of his kin ¹he uncovered]; [²childless ¹they shall die]. 21And a man who ever should take the wife   of his brother, it is uncleanness; [³indecency   ²his brother's ¹he uncovered] -- [²childless ¹they shall die]. 22And you shall keep all   my orders, and all   my judgments; and you shall do them, then no way should [³loathe ⁴you ¹the ²land], into which I bring you there to dwell upon it. 23And do not go in the laws of the nations! which I eject from you; for all these things  they did, and I abhor them. 24And I said to you, You shall inherit   their land. And I will give it to you for a possession; a land flowing milk and honey. I am  the lord    your God who separated you from all the nations. 25And you shall separate yourselves between the cattle of the clean and unclean; and between the winged creatures of the clean, and the unclean. And you shall not make abhorrent   your souls among the cattle, and among the winged creatures, and among all the reptiles of the earth, which I separated to you for uncleanness. 26And you will be holy to me, for I am  holy, the lord    your God, the one separating you from all the nations, to be mine. 27And a man or woman who ever of them should become a deliverer of oracles or enchanter, to death let them be put to death -- both! By stones stone them! they are liable.