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Leviticus 20 |
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| 20:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, |
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| 20:2
Again, 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 any of his seed unto Molech; he shall
surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
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(20:2-5) Kill anyone who gives his seed to Molech or God will cut you off from among your
people.
What the Bible says about stoning
 (20:3) "Whosoever ... that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death."
Does God approve of human sacrifice?
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| 20:3
And I 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.
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| 20:4
And if the people of
the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his
seed unto Molech, and kill him not: |
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| 20:5
Then I will set my face
against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all
that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech,
from among their people. |
(20:5-6) "All that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech"
Don't go a whoring with Molech, wizards, or people with "familiar spirits".
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| 20:6
And the soul that
turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to
go a whoring after them,
I will even set my face
against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. |
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Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. |
(20:7) "Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy."
Is only God holy?
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| 20:8
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify
you. |
(20:9-16) People who must be killed.
Does God approve of capital punishemnt?
What the Bible says about children,
homosexuality,
capital punishment, parenting, and
crime and punishment
(20:9) Children that curse their parents.
"For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall surely be put to death." Couldn't
we try spanking first?
(20:10) Both parties in an adultery.
(But see 2 Samuel 12:13 where God makes an exception for King David by killing the baby instead.)
How should adulterers be punished?
(20:11) If a man has sex with his father's wife, kill them both.
(20:12) If a man has sex with his daughter in law, kill them both.
(20:13) If a man has sex with another man, kill them both.
How should homosexuals be treated?
What the Bible says about homosexuality
(20:14) If a man has sex with his wife and her mother (now that sounds like fun!), burn
to death all three.
What the Bible says about burning people to death
(20:15) "If a man lie with a beast"
(20:15-16) If a man or woman has sex with an animal, kill them both.
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| 20:9
For every one that
curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath
cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.
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| 20:10
And the man that
committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth
adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress
shall surely be put to death.
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| 20:11
And the man that lieth
with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of
them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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| 20:12
And if a man lie with
his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they
have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
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| 20:13
If a man also lie with
mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an
abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be
upon them.
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| 20:14
And if a man take a wife and
her mother, it
is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that
there be no wickedness among you.
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| 20:15
And if a man lie
with a beast, he
shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
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| 20:16
And 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.
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| 20:17
And 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 wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in
the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his
iniquity. |
(20:17, 19-21)
Don't uncover the nakedness of (have sex with) your sister,
uncle's wife, or your brother's wife. (Just tell them to wear clothes whenever
you're around.)
Is incest forbidden?
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| 20:18
And if a man shall lie
with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath
discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood:
and both of them shall
be cut off from among their people. |
Don't have sex with menstruating women.
How should a man who has sex with a menstruating woman be punished?
What the Bible says about Menstruation
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| 20:19
And thou shalt not
uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister:
for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their
iniquity. |
Don't have sex with your aunts.
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| 20:20
And 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. |
(20:21-22)
Don't have sex with your uncle's or brother's wife or you'll die childless.
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| 20:21
And if a man shall
take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his
brother's nakedness; they
shall be childless. |
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| 20:22
Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do
them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. |
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| 20:23
And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out
before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I
abhorred them. |
(20:23) I abhorred them."
Contrary to popular opinion, the god of the bible
does not love everyone. (Some people he abhors.)
Does God love everyone?
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| 20:24
But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and I will give it
unto you to possess it, a land that floweth with milk and honey: I am the
LORD your God, which have separated you from other people.
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| 20:25
Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and
between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls abominable
by beast, or by fowl, or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the
ground, which I have separated from you as unclean. |
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| 20:26
And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you
from other people, that ye should be mine. |
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| 20:27
A man also or woman
that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to
death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon
them. |
(20:27) Stone to death any witches or wizards "Their blood shall be upon them."
What the Bible says about stoning
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