Leviticus 20:1-16 ▼

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 “Say to the Israelites: Any Israelite or alien residing in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.

3 I will turn against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary and profaning my holy name.

4 But if the people of the country look the other way when that man gives any of his children to Molech, and do not put him to death,

5 then I will turn against that man and his family, and cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves with Molech.

6 “Whoever turns to mediums or spiritists and prostitutes himself with them, I will turn against that person and cut him off from his people.

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.

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

10 “If a man commits adultery 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. Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.

12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, 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, they have both committed a detestable act. They must be put to death; their death is their own fault.

14 If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned, so that there will be no depravity among you.

15 If a man has sexual intercourse with 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. They must be put to death; their death is their own fault.