Leviticus - Chapter 20 | King James Version (KJV)

  • 1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
  • 2. Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever {cf15I he be} of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth {cf15I any} of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
  • 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 defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.
  • 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 kill him not:
  • 5. Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
  • 6. And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
  • 7. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I {cf15I am} the LORD your God.
  • 8. And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I {cf15I am} the LORD which sanctify you.
  • 9. For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood {cf15I shall be} upon him.
  • 10. And the man that committeth adultery with {cf15I another} man's wife, {cf15I even he} that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • 11. And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood {cf15I shall be} upon them.
  • 12. And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood {cf15I shall be} upon them.
  • 13. If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood {cf15I shall be} upon them.
  • 14. And if a man take a wife and her mother, it {cf15I is} wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
  • 15. And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
  • 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 {cf15I 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 nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it {cf15I is} a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
  • 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 {cf15I is} an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
  • 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, spue you not out.
  • 23. And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
  • 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 milk and honey: I {cf15I am} the LORD your God, which have separated you from {cf15I other} people.
  • 25. Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
  • 26. And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD {cf15I am} holy, and have severed you from {cf15I other} people, that ye should be mine.
  • 27. A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood {cf15I shall be} upon them.
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