Leviticus 20
Molech, familiar spirits, and wizards
20:1
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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.
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.
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:
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.
(20:4-5) People that refuse to stone to death the person who "gave his seed to Molech" will be "cut off" by God, along with their
families and all those who "go a whoring" after Molech.
(20:4-5) And against his family
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.
(20:6) Familiar spirits ... wizards
God will "cut off" those who "go a whoring" after familiar spirits and wizards.
20:7
Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.
20:8
And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
People who must be stoned (or burned) to death
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.
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.
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.
(20:11) The man that lieth with his father's wife ... both of them shall surely be put to death.
If a man has sex with his father's wife, kill them both.
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.
(20:12) If a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death.
If a man has sex with his daughter in law, kill them both.
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.
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.
(20:14) If a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire,
both he and they.
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
And if a man lie
with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
(20:15) If a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
If a man has sex with an animal, kill them both.
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.
(20:16) If a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast.
If a woman has sex with an animal, kill them both.
People whose nakedness you shouldn't uncover
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.
(20:17-22)
Don't uncover the nakedness of your sister,
uncle's wife, or your brother's wife. (Just tell them to wear clothes whenever you're around.) And for God's sake,
don't have sex with a menstruating woman!
Is incest forbidden?
(20:17) If a man shall take his sister ... and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness....
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.
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.
(20:19) Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister.
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.
(20:20) If a man shall lie with his uncle's wife ... they shall die childless.
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.
(20:21) If a man shall take his brother's wife ... they shall be childless.
Do what God says (or he'll hate you)
(20:22-)
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.
(20:22) Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do
them
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.
20:24
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.
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.
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.
(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?
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) 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.
Stone to death any witches or wizards "Their blood shall be upon them."
Is magic OK?
What the Bible says about stoning
-
- Stone to death parents who sacrifice their children to Molech.
- 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. ...
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: 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. 20:2-5
- Don't go a whoring after people with familiar spirits.
- And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits ... to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people. 20:6a
- Don't seek after wizards.
- And the soul that turneth 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. 20:6b
- Be holy.
- Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy. 20:7
- Ye shall be holy unto me. 20:26
- Obey all of the commandments.
- Ye shall keep my statutes, and do them. 20:8
- Kill children who curse their parents.
- 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. 20:9
- If a man has sex with another man's wife, kill them both.
- 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. 20:10
- If a man has sex with his father's wife, kill them both.
- 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. 20:11
- If a man has sex with his daughter in law, kill them both.
- 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. 20:12
- If a man has sex with another man, they have committed an abomination. Kill them both.
- 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. 20:13
- If a man "takes" a wife and her mother, burn all three.
- If a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they. 20:14
- Kill anyone who has sex with an animal.
- If a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death. 20:15
- If a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman. 20:16
- Kill any animal that has sex with a human.
- If a man lie with a beast ... ye shall slay the beast. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast ... their blood shall be upon them. 20:15-16
- If a man has sex with his sister or half-sister, they shall be cut off.
- 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
- If a man has sex with a menstruating woman, they shall be cut off.
- 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. 20:18
- Don't uncover the nakendess of your mother's sister.
- And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister ... for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20:19a
- Don't uncover the nakendess of your father's sister.
- And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of .... thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 20:19b
- Don't have sex with your uncle's wife.
- 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. 20:20
- Don't take your brother's wife.
- 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. 20:21
- Obey all of the commandments.
- Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them. 20:22
- Don't walk in the manners of the nations that God destroyed for you.
- 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
- Distinguish between clean and unclean animals.
- Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean. 20:25
- Stone to death wizards.
- A man ... that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. 20:27a
- Stone to death people with familiar spirits.
- A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit ... shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them. 20:27b
- Dwindling in Unbelief
- Biblical
Justice: Everybody must get stoned (20:2, 27)
- CNNN: Which bits of the
Bible are we still to believe? (20:9)
- Why Christian "Marriage" is Wrong
(20:9)
- Billy Graham and Mark 7:9: No picking and
choosing allowed! (You must stone to death your disobedient children.) (20:9)
- A sermon for Hillary (20:10)
- Solutions for masturbaters
(20:10)
- Help begin the collapse of
Catholic morality: Masturbate! (20:10)
- The Christopher Hitchens /
Douglas Wilson debate (20:10, 13)
- Top Ten Abominations to God
(20:13)
- Ted
Haggard: It's written in the Bible (20:13)
- Bible-based Platforms for
Republicans and Democrats (20:13)
- Would the Matthew Shepard
Hate Crimes Prevention Act criminalize the preaching of Leviticus 20:13? (20:13)
- The Bible verse that dare not
speak its name (20:13)
- The Bible made him do it. (20:13)
- Is it wrong to burn people to death?
(20:14)
- The Bible
and the Quran agree: Stay away from menstruating women (20:18)
- Things on which the
Bible and Quran agree (20:18)
- Whom does God hate? (20:23)
- God's Killings in Leviticus
(20:9-16, 27)
- Douglas Wilson and I
now agree on pretty much everything (20:13, 14, 27)
- John Hagee explains how and why the world will end in 2012 (20:13)
- Dan Savage is right about the Bible: It's Bullshit.
(20:13)
- What the Bible says about homosexuality
(20:13)
- What if we could edit the Bible? (Opening Karl Giberson's can of worms) (20:13, 14)
- Douglas Wilson's grammatical argument
against gay marriage (20:13)
- Bill Maher:
Christian Rock Blows Hard (with Bible verses) (20:9, 20:10, 13, 23)
- A strategy for Christians
who object to same-sex weddings 20:13
- ZJemptv
- The Bible: A followup
- God hates brats (20:9)
- God hates vaginas (20:18)
- Slate Blogs the Bible by David Plotz
- The Most Glorious Chapter in the Bible
- Leviticus on Slavery
- Christian Response
- Annotated Skeptic's Annotated Bible
- Yea, I throughly washed away thy blood from thee
(Lev. 15:24 & 20:18)
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