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Text -- Leviticus 20:1-21 (NET)

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Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship
20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 20:2 “You are to say to the Israelites, ‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones. 20:3 I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 20:4 If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death, 20:5 I myself will set my face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech.
Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums
20:6 “‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.
Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience
20:7 “‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. 20:8 You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions
20:9 “‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself. 20:10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 20:11 If a man has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. 20:12 If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; their blood guilt is on themselves. 20:13 If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. 20:14 If a man has sexual intercourse with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst. 20:15 If a man has sexual intercourse with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal. 20:16 If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual intercourse with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. 20:17 “‘If a man has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity. 20:18 If a man has sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their people. 20:19 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother’s sister and your father’s sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. They must bear their punishment for iniquity. 20:20 If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless. 20:21 If a man has sexual intercourse with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel
 · Molech the national pagan god of the Ammonites (IBD)
 · Moses a son of Amram; the Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them The Law of Moses,a Levite who led Israel out of Egypt and gave them the law


Dictionary Themes and Topics: LEVITICUS, 1 | FAMILY | Crucifixion | Israel | Sanitation | Punishment | BASTARD | PUNISHMENTS | RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY | CRIME; CRIMES | Incest | LAW OF MOSES | Marriage | PHOENICIA; PHOENICIANS | MOLECH; MOLOCH | Jephthah's vow | Offerings | Molech | Idolatry | Moloch | more
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NET Notes: Lev 20:2 This is not the most frequently-used Hebrew verb for stoning (see instead סָקַל, saqal), but a word that refers to the a...

NET Notes: Lev 20:3 Heb “for the sake of defiling my sanctuary and to profane my holy name.”

NET Notes: Lev 20:4 Heb “from that man” (so ASV); NASB “disregard that man.”

NET Notes: Lev 20:5 Heb “to commit harlotry after Molech.” The translation employs “worshiping” here for clarity (cf. NAB, NCV, TEV, CEV, NLT). On...

NET Notes: Lev 20:6 Heb “I will give my faces.”

NET Notes: Lev 20:8 Heb “And you shall keep my statutes and you shall do them.” This appears to be a kind of verbal hendiadys, where the first verb is a modif...

NET Notes: Lev 20:9 The rendering “blood guilt” refers to the fact that the shedding of blood brings guilt on those who shed it illegitimately (even the blood...

NET Notes: Lev 20:10 The reading of the LXX minuscule mss has been followed here (see the BHS footnote a-a). The MT has a dittography, repeating “a man who commits a...

NET Notes: Lev 20:11 See the note on v. 9 above.

NET Notes: Lev 20:12 The Hebrew term תֶּבֶל (tevel, “perversion”) derives from the verb “to mix; to confuse” (c...

NET Notes: Lev 20:13 Heb “[as the] lyings of a woman.” The specific reference here is to homosexual intercourse between males.

NET Notes: Lev 20:14 Heb “in fire they shall burn him and them.” The active plural verb sometimes requires a passive translation (GKC 460 §144.f, g), esp....

NET Notes: Lev 20:15 See the note on Lev 18:20 above.

NET Notes: Lev 20:16 Heb “to copulate with it” (cf. Lev 20:16).

NET Notes: Lev 20:17 See the note on Lev 17:16 above.

NET Notes: Lev 20:18 Heb “and the two of them.”

NET Notes: Lev 20:19 See the note on Lev 17:16 above.

NET Notes: Lev 20:21 See the note on Lev 18:7 above.

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