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Leviticus 20

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1And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2Again, 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.

3And 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.

4And 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:

5Then 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.

6And 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.

7Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God.

8And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.

9For 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.

10And 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.

11And 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.

12And 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.

13If 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.

14And 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.

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 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.

18And 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.

19And 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.

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 an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

22Ye 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.

23And 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.

24But 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.

25Ye 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.

26And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.

27A 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.

Words in this chapter

Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.

  • אֵתʼêthH85349× in this chapter

    properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

  • מוּתmûwthH419120× in this chapter

    to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

  • אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH83420× in this chapter

    who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.

  • אִישׁʼîyshH37619× in this chapter

    a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

  • אִשָּׁהʼishshâhH80210× in this chapter

    a woman

  • הוּאhûwʼH19319× in this chapter

    he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are

  • אֲנִיʼănîyH5899× in this chapter

    I

  • עַםʻamH59719× in this chapter

    a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

  • עֶרְוָהʻervâhH61728× in this chapter

    nudity, literally (especially the pudenda) or figuratively (disgrace, blemish)

  • גָּלָהgâlâhH15407× in this chapter

    to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

  • דָּםdâmH18187× in this chapter

    blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)

  • כִּיkîyH35887× in this chapter

    (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

  • נָתַןnâthanH54147× in this chapter

    to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

  • אָבʼâbH16× in this chapter

    father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

  • הָיָהhâyâhH19616× in this chapter

    to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

  • כֹּלkôlH36056× in this chapter

    properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

  • בְּהֵמָהbᵉhêmâhH9296× in this chapter

    properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

  • יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30685× in this chapter

    Jehovah, Jewish national name of God

  • כָּרַתkârathH37725× in this chapter

    to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e. make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutting flesh and passing between the pieces)

  • לֹאlôʼH38085× in this chapter

    not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

  • אֵלʼêlH4135× in this chapter

    near, with or among; often in general, to

  • אֵםʼêmH5175× in this chapter

    a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))

  • עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62135× in this chapter

    to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

  • שָׁכַבshâkabH79015× in this chapter

    to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)

  • אָחוֹתʼâchôwthH2694× in this chapter

    a sister (used very widely (like brother), literally and figuratively)

  • מֹלֶךְMôlekH44324× in this chapter

    Molek (i.e. king), the chief deity of the Ammonites

  • מִןminH44804× in this chapter

    properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses

  • נָאַףnâʼaphH50034× in this chapter

    to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize

  • פָּנִיםpânîymH64404× in this chapter

    the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

  • קֶרֶבqerebH71304× in this chapter

    properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)

  • אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter

    the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

  • שְׁנַיִםshᵉnayimH81474× in this chapter

    two; also (as ordinal) twofold

  • בָּדַלbâdalH9144× in this chapter

    to divide (in variation senses literally or figuratively, separate, distinguish, differ, select, etc.)

  • בֵּןbênH11213× in this chapter

    a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)

  • אוֹʼôwH1763× in this chapter

    desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if

  • זָנָהzânâhH21813× in this chapter

    to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)

  • זֶרַעzeraʻH22333× in this chapter

    seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity

  • חֻקָּהchuqqâhH27083× in this chapter

    {an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)}

  • אַחַרʼacharH3103× in this chapter

    properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)

  • יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34783× in this chapter

    Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

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