Leviticus 20:7–21

7 Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. 8 Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sets you apart.

FAMILY AND SEXUAL OFFENSES

9 “If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.z He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.H

10 “If a man commits adulteryaa with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.I,ab Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.* 12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,ac both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault. 13 If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman,ad they have both committed a detestable act.ae They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. 14 If a man marries* a woman and her mother,af it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned,ag so that there will be no depravity among you. 15 If a man has sexual intercourse withL an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal. 16 If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal.ah They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. 17 If a man marries his sister,ai whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,A,aj it is a disgrace.ak They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity. 18 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.a Both of them are to be cut off from their people. 19 You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister,b for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity. 20 If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle;B,c they will bear their guilt and die childless. 21 If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.d He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother;C,e they will be childless.