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Leviticus 18-20
New American Standard Bible 1995
Leviticus 18-20
New American Standard Bible 1995
Laws on Immoral Relations
18 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(A)I am the Lord your God. 3 You shall not do [a]what is (B)done in the land of Egypt where you lived, nor are you to do [b]what is (C)done in the land of Canaan where I am bringing you; you shall not walk in their statutes. 4 You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, [c]to live in accord with them; (D)I am the Lord your God. 5 So you shall keep My statutes and My judgments, (E)by which a man may live if he does them; I am the Lord.
6 ‘None of you shall approach any blood relative [d]of his to uncover nakedness; I am the Lord. 7 (F)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father, that is, the nakedness of your mother. She is your mother; you are not to uncover her nakedness. 8 (G)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s wife; it is your father’s nakedness. 9 (H)The nakedness of your sister, either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether born at home or born outside, their nakedness you shall not uncover. 10 The nakedness of your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter, their nakedness you shall not uncover; for [e]their nakedness is yours. 11 The nakedness of your father’s wife’s daughter, [f]born to your father, she is your sister, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 12 (I)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s sister; she is your father’s blood relative. 13 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, for she is your mother’s blood relative. 14 (J)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father’s brother; you shall not approach his wife, she is your aunt. 15 (K)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son’s wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness. 16 (L)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother’s wife; it is your brother’s nakedness. 17 (M)You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, nor shall you take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; they are blood relatives. It is [g]lewdness. 18 You shall not [h]marry a woman in addition to [i]her sister [j]as a rival while she is alive, to uncover her nakedness.
19 ‘(N)Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness during her (O)menstrual impurity. 20 (P)You shall not have intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, to be defiled with her. 21 You shall not give any of your offspring (Q)to [k]offer them to Molech, nor shall you (R)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord. 22 (S)You shall not lie with a male as [l]one lies with a female; it is an abomination. 23 (T)Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to [m]mate with it; it is a perversion.
24 ‘Do not defile yourselves by any of these things; for by all these (U)the nations which I am casting out before you have become defiled. 25 For the land has become defiled, (V)therefore I have brought its [n]punishment upon it, so the land (W)has spewed out its inhabitants. 26 But as for you, you are to keep My statutes and My judgments and shall not do any of these abominations, neither the native, nor the alien who sojourns among you 27 (for the men of the land who have been before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become defiled); 28 so that the land will not spew you out, should you defile it, as it has spewed out the nation which has been before you. 29 For whoever does any of these abominations, [o]those persons who do so shall be cut off from among their people. 30 Thus you are to keep (X)My charge, that you do not practice any of the abominable customs which have been practiced before you, so as not to defile yourselves with them; (Y)I am the Lord your God.’”
Idolatry Forbidden
19 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
2 “Speak to all the congregation of the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘(Z)You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy. 3 Every one of you (AA)shall reverence his mother and his father, and you shall keep (AB)My sabbaths; (AC)I am the Lord your God. 4 Do not turn to (AD)idols or make for yourselves molten (AE)gods; I am the Lord your God.
5 ‘Now 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 the next day; but what remains until the third day shall be burned with fire. 7 So if it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an offense; it will not be accepted. 8 Everyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned the holy thing of the Lord; and that person shall be cut off from his people.
Sundry Laws
9 ‘(AF)Now when you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap to the very corners of your field, nor shall you gather the gleanings of your harvest. 10 Nor shall you glean your vineyard, nor shall you gather the fallen fruit of your vineyard; you shall leave them for the needy and for the stranger. I am the Lord your God.
11 ‘(AG)You shall not steal, nor deal falsely, (AH)nor lie to one another. 12 (AI)You shall not swear falsely by My name, so as to (AJ)profane the name of your God; I am the Lord.
13 ‘(AK)You shall not oppress your neighbor, nor rob him. (AL)The wages of a hired man are not to remain with you all night until morning. 14 You shall not curse a deaf man, nor (AM)place a stumbling block before the blind, but you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.
15 ‘(AN)You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. 16 You shall not go about as (AO)a slanderer among your people, and you are not to [p]act against the [q](AP)life of your neighbor; I am the Lord.
17 ‘You (AQ)shall not hate your [r]fellow countryman in your heart; you (AR)may surely reprove your neighbor, but shall not incur sin because of him. 18 (AS)You shall not take vengeance, (AT)nor bear any grudge against the sons of your people, but (AU)you shall love your neighbor as yourself; I am the Lord.
19 ‘You are to keep My statutes. You shall not breed together two kinds of your cattle; (AV)you shall not sow your field with two kinds of seed, nor wear a garment upon you of two kinds of material mixed together.
20 ‘(AW)Now if a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave acquired for another man, but who has in no way been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment; they shall not, however, be put to death, because she was not free. 21 He shall bring his guilt offering to the Lord to the doorway of the tent of meeting, (AX)a ram for a guilt offering. 22 The priest shall also make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the Lord for his sin which he has committed, and the sin which he has committed will be forgiven him.
23 ‘When you enter the land and plant all kinds of trees for food, then you shall count their fruit as [s]forbidden. Three years it shall be [t]forbidden to you; it shall not be eaten. 24 But in the fourth year all its fruit shall be holy, an offering of praise to the Lord. 25 In the fifth year you are to eat of its fruit, that its yield may increase for you; I am the Lord your God.
26 ‘You shall not eat anything (AY)with the blood, nor practice (AZ)divination or soothsaying. 27 (BA)You shall not round off the side-growth of your heads nor harm the edges of your beard. 28 You shall not make any cuts in your [u]body for the [v]dead nor make any tattoo marks on yourselves: I am the Lord.
29 ‘(BB)Do not [w]profane your daughter by making her a harlot, so that the land will not fall to harlotry and the land become full of lewdness. 30 You shall (BC)keep My sabbaths and (BD)revere My sanctuary; I am the Lord.
31 ‘Do not turn to [x](BE)mediums or spiritists; do not seek them out to be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
32 ‘(BF)You shall rise up before the grayheaded and honor the [y]aged, and you shall revere your God; I am the Lord.
33 ‘(BG)When a stranger resides with you in your land, you shall not do him wrong. 34 The stranger who resides with you shall be to you as the native among you, and (BH)you shall love him as yourself, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt; I am the Lord your God.
35 ‘(BI)You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or capacity. 36 You shall have (BJ)just balances, just weights, a just [z]ephah, and a just [aa]hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. 37 You shall thus observe all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them; I am the Lord.’”
On Human Sacrifice and Immoralities
20 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “You shall also say to the sons of Israel:
‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel (BK)who gives any of his [ab]offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; (BL)the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people, because he has given some of his [ac]offspring to Molech, (BM)so as to defile My sanctuary and (BN)to profane My holy name. 4 If the people of the land, however, [ad]should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his [ae]offspring to Molech, so as not to put him to death, 5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family, and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech.
6 ‘As for the person who turns to [af](BO)mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people. 7 You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and (BP)be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 8 (BQ)You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
9 ‘(BR)If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.
10 ‘(BS)If there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, one who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 (BT)If there is a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 12 (BU)If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed [ag]incest, their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 13 (BV)If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 14 (BW)If there is a man who [ah]marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality; both he and they shall be burned with fire, so that there will be no immorality in your midst. 15 (BX)If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal. 16 If there is a woman who approaches any animal to [ai]mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
17 ‘(BY)If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt. 18 (BZ)If there is a man who lies with a [aj]menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has [ak]exposed the flow of her blood; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 (CA)You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has made naked his [al]blood relative; they will bear their guilt. 20 (CB)If there is a man who lies with his uncle’s wife he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless. 21 (CC)If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is [am]abhorrent; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.
22 ‘You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to [an]live will not (CD)spew you out. 23 Moreover, you shall not [ao]follow (CE)the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things, and (CF)therefore I have abhorred them. 24 Hence I have said to you, “(CG)You are to possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has (CH)separated you from the peoples. 25 (CI)You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make [ap]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything [aq]that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean. 26 Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy; and I (CJ)have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine.
27 ‘Now a man or a woman (CK)who is a medium or a [ar]spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, their bloodguiltiness is upon them.’”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of
- Leviticus 18:3 Lit according to the deed of
- Leviticus 18:4 Lit to walk in them
- Leviticus 18:6 Lit of his flesh
- Leviticus 18:10 Lit they are your nakedness
- Leviticus 18:11 Lit begotten of
- Leviticus 18:17 Or wickedness
- Leviticus 18:18 Lit take a wife
- Leviticus 18:18 Or another
- Leviticus 18:18 Lit to be
- Leviticus 18:21 Lit cause to pass over
- Leviticus 18:22 Lit those who lie
- Leviticus 18:23 Or lie
- Leviticus 18:25 Lit iniquity
- Leviticus 18:29 Or and the
- Leviticus 19:16 Lit stand
- Leviticus 19:16 Lit blood
- Leviticus 19:17 Lit brother
- Leviticus 19:23 Lit uncircumcised
- Leviticus 19:23 Lit uncircumcised
- Leviticus 19:28 Lit flesh
- Leviticus 19:28 Lit soul
- Leviticus 19:29 Or degrade
- Leviticus 19:31 Or ghosts or spirits
- Leviticus 19:32 Lit face of the aged
- Leviticus 19:36 I.e. Approx one bu
- Leviticus 19:36 I.e. Approx one gal.
- Leviticus 20:2 Lit seed
- Leviticus 20:3 Lit seed
- Leviticus 20:4 Lit hiding they hide their eyes from
- Leviticus 20:4 Lit seed
- Leviticus 20:6 Or ghosts and spirits
- Leviticus 20:12 Lit confusion; i.e. a violation of divine order
- Leviticus 20:14 Lit takes
- Leviticus 20:16 Lit lie
- Leviticus 20:18 Lit sick
- Leviticus 20:18 Or uncovered
- Leviticus 20:19 Lit flesh
- Leviticus 20:21 Or an impure deed
- Leviticus 20:22 Lit dwell in it
- Leviticus 20:23 Lit walk in the statutes
- Leviticus 20:25 Lit your souls
- Leviticus 20:25 Lit with which the ground creeps
- Leviticus 20:27 Lit spiritist among them
Leviticus 18-20
New International Version
Leviticus 18-20
New International Version
Unlawful Sexual Relations
18 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God.(A) 3 You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices.(B) 4 You must obey my laws(C) and be careful to follow my decrees.(D) I am the Lord your God.(E) 5 Keep my decrees and laws,(F) for the person who obeys them will live by them.(G) I am the Lord.
6 “‘No one is to approach any close relative to have sexual relations. I am the Lord.
7 “‘Do not dishonor your father(H) by having sexual relations with your mother.(I) She is your mother; do not have relations with her.
8 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;(J) that would dishonor your father.(K)
9 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your sister,(L) either your father’s daughter or your mother’s daughter, whether she was born in the same home or elsewhere.(M)
10 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your son’s daughter or your daughter’s daughter; that would dishonor you.
11 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the daughter of your father’s wife, born to your father; she is your sister.
12 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s sister;(N) she is your father’s close relative.
13 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister,(O) because she is your mother’s close relative.
14 “‘Do not dishonor your father’s brother by approaching his wife to have sexual relations; she is your aunt.(P)
15 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law.(Q) She is your son’s wife; do not have relations with her.(R)
16 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife;(S) that would dishonor your brother.
17 “‘Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter.(T) Do not have sexual relations with either her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
18 “‘Do not take your wife’s sister(U) as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
19 “‘Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations during the uncleanness(V) of her monthly period.(W)
20 “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife(X) and defile yourself with her.
21 “‘Do not give any of your children(Y) to be sacrificed to Molek,(Z) for you must not profane the name of your God.(AA) I am the Lord.(AB)
22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;(AC) that is detestable.(AD)
23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.(AE)
24 “‘Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways, because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you(AF) became defiled.(AG) 25 Even the land was defiled;(AH) so I punished it for its sin,(AI) and the land vomited out its inhabitants.(AJ) 26 But you must keep my decrees and my laws.(AK) The native-born and the foreigners residing among you must not do any of these detestable things, 27 for all these things were done by the people who lived in the land before you, and the land became defiled. 28 And if you defile the land,(AL) it will vomit you out(AM) as it vomited out the nations that were before you.
29 “‘Everyone who does any of these detestable things—such persons must be cut off from their people. 30 Keep my requirements(AN) and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.(AO)’”
Various Laws
19 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Speak to the entire assembly of Israel(AP) and say to them: ‘Be holy because I, the Lord your God,(AQ) am holy.(AR)
3 “‘Each of you must respect your mother and father,(AS) and you must observe my Sabbaths.(AT) I am the Lord your God.(AU)
4 “‘Do not turn to idols or make metal gods for yourselves.(AV) I am the Lord your God.(AW)
5 “‘When you sacrifice a fellowship offering to the Lord, sacrifice it in such a way that it will be accepted on your behalf. 6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up.(AX) 7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.(AY) 8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible(AZ) because they have desecrated what is holy(BA) to the Lord; they must be cut off from their people.(BB)
9 “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges(BC) of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.(BD) 10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time(BE) or pick up the grapes that have fallen.(BF) Leave them for the poor and the foreigner.(BG) I am the Lord your God.
11 “‘Do not steal.(BH)
“‘Do not lie.(BI)
“‘Do not deceive one another.(BJ)
12 “‘Do not swear falsely(BK) by my name(BL) and so profane(BM) the name of your God. I am the Lord.
13 “‘Do not defraud or rob(BN) your neighbor.(BO)
“‘Do not hold back the wages of a hired worker(BP) overnight.(BQ)
14 “‘Do not curse the deaf or put a stumbling block in front of the blind,(BR) but fear your God.(BS) I am the Lord.
15 “‘Do not pervert justice;(BT) do not show partiality(BU) to the poor or favoritism to the great,(BV) but judge your neighbor fairly.(BW)
16 “‘Do not go about spreading slander(BX) among your people.
“‘Do not do anything that endangers your neighbor’s life.(BY) I am the Lord.
17 “‘Do not hate a fellow Israelite in your heart.(BZ) Rebuke your neighbor frankly(CA) so you will not share in their guilt.
18 “‘Do not seek revenge(CB) or bear a grudge(CC) against anyone among your people,(CD) but love your neighbor(CE) as yourself.(CF) I am the Lord.
19 “‘Keep my decrees.(CG)
“‘Do not mate different kinds of animals.
“‘Do not plant your field with two kinds of seed.(CH)
“‘Do not wear clothing woven of two kinds of material.(CI)
20 “‘If a man sleeps with a female slave who is promised to another man(CJ) but who has not been ransomed or given her freedom, there must be due punishment.[a] Yet they are not to be put to death, because she had not been freed. 21 The man, however, must bring a ram to the entrance to the tent of meeting for a guilt offering to the Lord.(CK) 22 With the ram of the guilt offering the priest is to make atonement for him before the Lord for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.(CL)
23 “‘When you enter the land and plant any kind of fruit tree, regard its fruit as forbidden.[b] For three years you are to consider it forbidden[c]; it must not be eaten. 24 In the fourth year all its fruit will be holy,(CM) an offering of praise to the Lord. 25 But in the fifth year you may eat its fruit. In this way your harvest will be increased. I am the Lord your God.
26 “‘Do not eat any meat with the blood still in it.(CN)
“‘Do not practice divination(CO) or seek omens.(CP)
27 “‘Do not cut the hair at the sides of your head or clip off the edges of your beard.(CQ)
28 “‘Do not cut(CR) your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.
29 “‘Do not degrade your daughter by making her a prostitute,(CS) or the land will turn to prostitution and be filled with wickedness.(CT)
30 “‘Observe my Sabbaths(CU) and have reverence for my sanctuary. I am the Lord.(CV)
31 “‘Do not turn to mediums(CW) or seek out spiritists,(CX) for you will be defiled by them. I am the Lord your God.
32 “‘Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect(CY) for the elderly(CZ) and revere your God.(DA) I am the Lord.(DB)
33 “‘When a foreigner resides among you in your land, do not mistreat them. 34 The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born.(DC) Love them as yourself,(DD) for you were foreigners(DE) in Egypt.(DF) I am the Lord your God.
35 “‘Do not use dishonest standards when measuring length, weight or quantity.(DG) 36 Use honest scales(DH) and honest weights, an honest ephah[d](DI) and an honest hin.[e](DJ) I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of Egypt.(DK)
37 “‘Keep all my decrees(DL) and all my laws(DM) and follow them. I am the Lord.’”
Punishments for Sin
20 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death.(DN) The members of the community are to stone him.(DO) 3 I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people;(DP) for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled(DQ) my sanctuary(DR) and profaned my holy name.(DS) 4 If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death,(DT) 5 I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.
6 “‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.(DU)
7 “‘Consecrate yourselves(DV) and be holy,(DW) because I am the Lord your God.(DX) 8 Keep my decrees(DY) and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.(DZ)
9 “‘Anyone who curses their father(EA) or mother(EB) is to be put to death.(EC) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(ED)
10 “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife(EE)—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.(EF)
11 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.(EG) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.(EH)
12 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law,(EI) both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable.(EJ) They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14 “‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother,(EK) it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire,(EL) so that no wickedness will be among you.(EM)
15 “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal,(EN) he is to be put to death,(EO) and you must kill the animal.
16 “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17 “‘If a man marries his sister(EP), the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed(EQ) from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.(ER)
18 “‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period,(ES) he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.(ET)
19 “‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father,(EU) for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt,(EV) he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.(EW)
21 “‘If a man marries his brother’s wife,(EX) it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.(EY)
22 “‘Keep all my decrees and laws(EZ) and follow them, so that the land(FA) where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23 You must not live according to the customs of the nations(FB) I am going to drive out before you.(FC) Because they did all these things, I abhorred them.(FD) 24 But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.”(FE) I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.(FF)
25 “‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds.(FG) Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. 26 You are to be holy to me(FH) because I, the Lord, am holy,(FI) and I have set you apart from the nations(FJ) to be my own.
27 “‘A man or woman who is a medium(FK) or spiritist among you must be put to death.(FL) You are to stone them;(FM) their blood will be on their own heads.’”
Footnotes
- Leviticus 19:20 Or be an inquiry
- Leviticus 19:23 Hebrew uncircumcised
- Leviticus 19:23 Hebrew uncircumcised
- Leviticus 19:36 An ephah was a dry measure having the capacity of about 3/5 of a bushel or about 22 liters.
- Leviticus 19:36 A hin was a liquid measure having the capacity of about 1 gallon or about 3.8 liters.
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