Leviticus 20
- Edition
- JPS Tanakh 1917 (YHWH)
- Translator
- The Jewish Publication Society, 1917 translation of the Hebrew Bible (Old Testament only); the divine name is written YHWH.
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- Public domain; digital text CC0
- Source
- Open Siddur / JPS digital text (CC0)
1And YHWH spoke unto Moses, saying:
2Moreover, thou shalt say to the children of Israel: Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
3I also will set My face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people, because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile My sanctuary, and to profane My holy name.
4And if the people of the land do at all hide their eyes from that man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and put him not to death;
5then I will set My face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go astray after him, to go astray after Molech, from among their people.
6And the soul that turneth unto the ghosts, and unto the familiar spirits, to go astray after them, I will even set My face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy; for I am YHWH your God.
8And keep ye My statutes, and do them: I am YHWH who sanctify you.
9For whatsoever man there be that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
10And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
11And the man that lieth with his father’s wife—he hath uncovered his father’s nakedness—both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
12And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought corruption; their blood shall be upon them.
13And if a man lie with mankind, as with womankind, both of them have committed abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14And if a man take with his wife also her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the beast.
16And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
17And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness: it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
18And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness—he hath made naked her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood—both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister; for he hath made naked his near kin; they shall bear their iniquity.
20And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife—he hath uncovered his uncle’s nakedness—they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is impurity: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
22Ye shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all Mine ordinances, and do them, that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, vomit you not out.
23And ye shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
24But I have said unto you: ‘Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it unto you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.’ I am YHWH your God, who have set you apart from the peoples.
25Ye shall therefore separate between the clean beast and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean; and ye shall not make your souls detestable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing wherewith the ground teemeth, which I have set apart for you to hold unclean.
26And ye shall be holy unto Me; for I YHWH am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that ye should be Mine.
27A man also or a woman that divineth by a ghost or a familiar spirit, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones; their blood shall be upon them.
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Cross-references
- 2 Leviticus 18:21 · Deuteronomy 21:21 · Leviticus 24:23
- 3 Leviticus 18:21 · Ezekiel 23:38-39 · Ezekiel 5:11
- 4 Deuteronomy 17:2-5 · 1 Samuel 3:13-14 · Joshua 7:12
- 5 Psalms 106:39 · Leviticus 17:7 · Hosea 2:13
- 6 Leviticus 19:31 · Isaiah 8:19 · 1 Chronicles 10:13-14
- 7 Leviticus 11:44 · Leviticus 19:2
- 8 Exodus 31:13 · Leviticus 21:8 · Leviticus 18:4-5
- 9 Exodus 21:17 · Deuteronomy 27:16 · Proverbs 20:20
- 10 Deuteronomy 22:22-24 · Deuteronomy 5:18 · Leviticus 18:20
- 11 Deuteronomy 27:23 · Deuteronomy 27:20 · Amos 2:7
- 12 Leviticus 18:15 · Leviticus 18:23 · Genesis 38:18
- 13 Leviticus 18:22 · Deuteronomy 23:17 · Genesis 19:5
- 14 Leviticus 18:17 · Deuteronomy 27:23 · Amos 2:7
- 15 Leviticus 18:23 · Deuteronomy 27:21 · Exodus 22:19
- 16 Exodus 19:13 · Exodus 21:32 · Exodus 21:28
- 17 Leviticus 18:9 · Deuteronomy 27:22 · Ezekiel 22:11
- 18 Leviticus 18:19 · Leviticus 15:24 · Ezekiel 22:10
- 19 Leviticus 18:6 · Leviticus 18:12-30 · Exodus 6:20
- 20 Leviticus 18:14 · Psalms 109:13 · Jeremiah 22:30
- 21 Leviticus 18:16
- 22 Leviticus 18:25-28 · Ezekiel 36:27 · Psalms 119:160
- 23 Leviticus 18:24 · Deuteronomy 9:5 · Leviticus 18:3
- 24 Deuteronomy 14:2 · Exodus 6:8 · Deuteronomy 7:6
- 25 Deuteronomy 14:3-21 · Leviticus 11:1-47
- 26 Deuteronomy 7:6 · Leviticus 19:2 · Deuteronomy 26:18-19
- 27 Leviticus 19:31 · 1 Samuel 28:7-9 · Exodus 22:18
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This chapter in other versions
- King James Version — Leviticus 20
- Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh) — Leviticus 20
- American Standard Version (Yahweh) — Leviticus 20
- World English Bible (Yahweh) — Leviticus 20
- Brenton’s Septuagint in English — Leviticus 20
- Westminster Leningrad Codex — Leviticus 20
- Синодальный (Яхве) — Левит, глава 20
- Синодальный перевод — Левит, глава 20
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