Thematic Bible
Leviticus 20:1 (show verse)
Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 20:2 (show verse)
“Moreover, you shall say to the children of Israel,
‘Any Israelite or any stranger residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech (the god of the Ammonites) [as a human sacrifice] shall most certainly be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
‘Any Israelite or any stranger residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech (the god of the Ammonites) [as a human sacrifice] shall most certainly be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
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 also set My face against that man [opposing him, withdrawing My protection from him] and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them], because he has given some of his children to Molech, so as to defile My sanctuary and profane My holy name.
Leviticus 20:4 (show verse)
If the people of the land should ever tolerate that man when he gives any of his children [as a burnt offering] to Molech, and fail to put him to death [as My law requires],
Leviticus 20:5 (show verse)
then I shall set My face against that man and against his [extended] family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in playing the prostitute (commit apostasy) with Molech.
Leviticus 20:6 (show verse)
‘As for the person who turns to mediums [who consult the dead] or to spiritists, to play the prostitute after them, I shall set My face against that person and will cut him off from his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them].
Leviticus 20:7 (show verse)
You shall consecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am the Lord your God.
Leviticus 20:8 (show verse)
You shall keep My statutes and do them. I am the Lord who sanctifies you.
Leviticus 20:9 (show verse)
‘If anyone curses his father or mother, he shall most certainly be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on him [that is, he bears full responsibility for the consequences].
Leviticus 20:10 (show verse)
‘The man who commits adultery with another’s wife, even his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall most certainly be put to death.
Leviticus 20:11 (show verse)
The man who lies [intimately] with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.
Leviticus 20:12 (show verse)
If a man lies [intimately] with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall most certainly be put to death; they have committed incest; their blood is on them.
Leviticus 20:13 (show verse)
If a man lies [intimately] with a male as if he were a woman, both men have committed a detestable (perverse, unnatural) act; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.
Leviticus 20:14 (show verse)
It is immoral and shameful if a man marries a woman and her mother; all three shall be burned in fire, so that there will be no immorality 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 intimate relations with an animal, he shall most certainly be put to death; you shall kill the animal also.
Leviticus 20:16 (show verse)
If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall most certainly be put to death; their blood is on them.
Leviticus 20:17 (show verse)
‘If a man 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 [responsibility for] his guilt.
Leviticus 20:18 (show verse)
If a man lies [intimately] with a woman during her menstrual cycle and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; both of them shall be cut off from their people [excluding them from the atonement made for them].
Leviticus 20:19 (show verse)
You shall not uncover the nakedness of (have intimate relations with) your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, for such a one has uncovered his blood relative; they will bear their guilt.
Leviticus 20:20 (show verse)
If there is a man who lies [intimately] with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless.
Leviticus 20:21 (show verse)
If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is a hated and unclean thing; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.
Leviticus 20:22 (show verse)
‘Therefore keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out [as it did those before you].
Leviticus 20:23 (show verse)
You shall not follow the statutes (laws, practices, customs) of the nation which I am driving out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I have loathed them.
Leviticus 20:24 (show verse)
But I have said to you, “You are to inherit and take possession of their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land [of plenty] flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has separated you from the peoples (pagan nations).
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)
You are therefore to make a distinction between the [ceremonially] clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that crawls on the ground, which I have set apart from you as unclean.
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; for I the Lord am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples (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 woman who is a medium [who pretends to consult the dead] or who is a spiritist shall most certainly be put to death, and be stoned with stones; their blood is on them.’”
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