20Then^a Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ²“And to the Israelites^b you shall say, ‘If there is anyone^c from the Israelites^d or^e from the alien who is dwelling in Israel, who gives any of^f his offspring to Molech, he must surely be put to death; the people of the land must stone him with stones.^g ³And I myself will set my face against that man, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of^h his offspring to Molech, so that he makes my sanctuary uncleanⁱ and profanes^j my holy name.^k ⁴And if the people of the land ever shut their eyes from^l that man at his giving some of^m his offspring to Molech, not putting him to death, ⁵thenⁿ I myself will set my face against that man and against his clan, and I will cut him off and all those from the midst of their people who prostitute after Molech. ⁶As for^o the person who turns to the mediums and the soothsayers to prostitute after them, I will set^p my face against that person, and I will cut him off from the midst of his people.

⁷“ ‘And you shall consecrate yourselves, and you shall be holy, because I am Yahweh your God. ⁸And you shall keep my statutes, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh who consecrates you.

Family and Sexual Offenses

⁹“ ‘If there is anyone^q who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father and his mother—his blood is upon him.

¹⁰“ ‘As for^r a man who commits adultery with a man’s wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death. ¹¹As for^s a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness; both of them shall be put to death—their blood is on them. ¹²As for^t a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed a perversion—their blood is on them.

¹³“ ‘As for^u the man who lies with a male as lying with a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

¹⁴“ ‘As for^v a man who marries a woman and her mother, that is depravity; they shall burn him and them, so that it shall not become depravity in the midst of you all.

¹⁵“ ‘As for^w a man who has sexual relations^x with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal. ¹⁶As for^y a woman who approaches any animal to copulate with it, you shall kill^z the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

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Footnotes

aOr “And”
bLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
cLiterally “a man a man”
dLiterally “sons/children of Israel”
eOr “and”
fLiterally “from”
gHebrew “the stone”
hLiterally “from”
iLiterally “to make unclean my sanctuary”
jHebrew “to profane”
kLiterally “the name of my holiness”
lOr “disregard”
mLiterally “from”
nOr “and”
oOr “And”
pHebrew “and I will set”
qLiterally “a man a man”
rOr “And”
sOr “And”
tOr “And”
uOr “And”
vOr “And”
wOr “And”
xLiterally “he gives his lying down”
yOr “And”
zOr “and you shall kill”