Thematic Bible
Leviticus 20:1 (show verse)
The Lord spoke to Moses:
Leviticus 20:2 (show verse)
“Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or foreigner living in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.
Counsel » Those that consult pagans
Molech » See
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Stoning
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Offering » Huma sacrifice
Punishments » Stoning » Laws concerning
Punishments » Strangers not exempted from
Sacrifice » Those that sacrifice their children
Sanitation » Uncleanness
Stoning » Laws concerning
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to practice idolatrous rites
The Nation » Stoning » Laws concerning
Molech » See
Offerings » Human sacrifices » Forbidden
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Stoning
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Offering » Huma sacrifice
Punishments » Stoning » Laws concerning
Punishments » Strangers not exempted from
Sacrifice » Those that sacrifice their children
Sanitation » Uncleanness
Stoning » Laws concerning
Strangers in israel » Laws respecting » Not to practice idolatrous rites
The Nation » Stoning » Laws concerning
Leviticus 20:3 (show verse)
I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling My sanctuary and profaning My holy name.
Leviticus 20:4 (show verse)
But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,
Leviticus 20:5 (show verse)
then I will turn against that man and his family, and cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.
Leviticus 20:6 (show verse)
“Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.
Leviticus 20:7 (show verse)
Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am Yahweh your God.
Leviticus 20:8 (show verse)
Keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who sets you apart.
Leviticus 20:9 (show verse)
“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.
Leviticus 20:10 (show verse)
If a man commits adultery with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
Leviticus 20:11 (show verse)
If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.
Leviticus 20:12 (show verse)
If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own hands.
Leviticus 20:13 (show verse)
If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed a detestable thing. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.
Leviticus 20:14 (show verse)
If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
Daughter » Forbidden to be wife of her mother's husband
Mother-in-law » Not to be defiled
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Incest
Punishments » Burning
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Burning
Sanitation » Uncleanness
The Nation » Punishment » Burning
Wickedness » What is wicked
Mother-in-law » Not to be defiled
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Burning
Punishment » Death penalty » Mosaic law » Incest
Punishments » Burning
Punishments » Capital kinds of » Burning
Sanitation » Uncleanness
The Nation » Punishment » Burning
Wickedness » What is wicked
Leviticus 20:15 (show verse)
If a man has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal.
Leviticus 20:16 (show verse)
If a woman comes near any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their own blood is on them.
Leviticus 20:17 (show verse)
If a man marries his sister, whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment.
Leviticus 20:18 (show verse)
If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from their people.
Leviticus 20:19 (show verse)
You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their punishment.
Leviticus 20:20 (show verse)
If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has shamed his uncle; they will bear their guilt and die childless.
Leviticus 20:21 (show verse)
If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity. He has shamed his brother; they will be childless.
Leviticus 20:22 (show verse)
“You are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
Leviticus 20:23 (show verse)
You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.
Leviticus 20:24 (show verse)
And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am Yahweh your God who set you apart from the peoples.
Abhorrence » of the Lord
Honey » Abounded in » Canaan
Honey » Plentiful in palestine
Inheritance » Earthly » Of israel
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Inheritance of
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Jews, the » Separated from all other nations
Righteous » Relation of, to God
Separation » Israel being separate from all other people
Honey » Abounded in » Canaan
Honey » Plentiful in palestine
Inheritance » Earthly » Of israel
Israel » Under the special protection of jehovah humbled » Inheritance of
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Jews, the » Separated from all other nations
Righteous » Relation of, to God
Separation » Israel being separate from all other people
Leviticus 20:25 (show verse)
Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
Animals » Clean and unclean
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Meat » Separating » From » Unclean animals
Righteous » Relation of, to God
Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Of the clean and unclean things in their use
Separation » Israel being separate from all other people
Uncleanness » What animals are unclean
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Meat » Separating » From » Unclean animals
Righteous » Relation of, to God
Separation » Pharisaic separation condemned » Of the clean and unclean things in their use
Separation » Israel being separate from all other people
Uncleanness » What animals are unclean
Leviticus 20:26 (show verse)
You are to be holy to Me because I, Yahweh, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.
Israel » Separation of » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Righteous » Relation of, to God
Sanctification » Encouraged
Separation » In israel, of the physically unclean and diseased from the » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Separation » Israel being separate from all other people
Israel/jews » The lord separating israel from all other people
Righteous » Relation of, to God
Sanctification » Encouraged
Separation » In israel, of the physically unclean and diseased from the » Of israel from the heathen, encouraged
Separation » Israel being separate from all other people
Leviticus 20:27 (show verse)
A man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their blood is on their own hands.”
Divination » The law » Punished with death those who used
Familiar spirits » Consulting of, forbidden
Familiar spirits » Those who consulted, to be cut off
Paganism » Law » Judgment
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Stoning
Sorcery » Divining by familiar spirits (mediums or spiritists)
Sorcery » Punishment for
Witchcraft » Law concerning
Familiar spirits » Consulting of, forbidden
Familiar spirits » Those who consulted, to be cut off
Paganism » Law » Judgment
Punishment » Death penalty » Modes of execution » Stoning
Sorcery » Divining by familiar spirits (mediums or spiritists)
Sorcery » Punishment for
Witchcraft » Law concerning