Set Yourselves Apart as Holy

20 Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ² “You shall also say to the sons of Israel:

‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the sojourners sojourning in Israel ^(A)who gives any of his seed to Molech shall surely be put to death; ^(B)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 those who are his seed to Molech, ^(C)so as to defile My sanctuary and ^(D)to profane My holy name. ⁴ If the people of the land, however, ^[a]should ever turn a blind eye to that man when he gives any of those who are his seed 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, in playing the harlot after Molech.

⁶ ‘As for the person who turns to ^[b](E)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 Therefore, you shall set yourselves apart as holy and ^(F)be holy, for I am Yahweh your God. ^8 (G)And you shall keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who makes you holy.

⁹ ‘^(H)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 ‘^(I)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 (J)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 (K)If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed ^[c]perversion. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. ^13 (L)If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. ^14 (M)If there is a man who ^[d]marries a woman and her mother, it is lewdness; both he and they shall be burned with fire so that there will be no lewdness in your midst. ^15 (N)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 ^[e]mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

¹⁷ ‘^(O)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 (P)If there is a man who lies with a ^[f]menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people. ^19 (Q)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 ^[g]blood relative; they will bear their guilt. ^20 (R)If there is a man who lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless. ^21 (S)If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is an ^[h]impure act; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.

²² ‘You shall therefore keep all My statutes and all My judgments and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to ^[i]inhabit will not ^(T)vomit you out. ²³ Moreover, you shall not walk in ^(U)the statutes of the nation which I will cast out before you, for they did all these things, and ^(V)therefore I have loathed them. ²⁴ Hence I have said to you, “^(W)You yourselves shall possess their land, and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Yahweh your God, who has ^(X)separated you from the peoples. ^25 (Y)You are therefore to separate between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make ^[j]yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything ^[k]that creeps on the ground, which I have separated for you as unclean. ²⁶ Thus you shall be holy to Me, for I Yahweh am holy; and I ^(Z)have separated you from the peoples to be Mine.

²⁷ ‘Now a man or a woman ^(AA)who is a medium or a ^[l]spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.’”