English Bible Presentation Sharing - Leviticus Book, chapter 20, verse 59 in Hcsb Version

Leviticus 20 : 1 (HCSB)

The LORD spoke to Moses:

Leviticus 20 : 2 (HCSB)

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

Leviticus 20 : 3 (HCSB)

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.

Leviticus 20 : 4 (HCSB)

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,

Leviticus 20 : 5 (HCSB)

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

Leviticus 20 : 6 (HCSB)

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

Leviticus 20 : 7 (HCSB)

Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the LORD your God.

Leviticus 20 : 8 (HCSB)

Keep My statutes and do them; I am the LORD who sets you apart.

Leviticus 20 : 9 (HCSB)

"If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.

Leviticus 20 : 10 (HCSB)

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.

Leviticus 20 : 11 (HCSB)

If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has shamed his father. Both of them must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.

Leviticus 20 : 12 (HCSB)

If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own hands.

Leviticus 20 : 13 (HCSB)

If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood is on their own hands.

Leviticus 20 : 14 (HCSB)

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

Leviticus 20 : 15 (HCSB)

If a man has sexual intercourse with an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal.

Leviticus 20 : 16 (HCSB)

If a woman comes near any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death; their *own blood is on them.

Leviticus 20 : 17 (HCSB)

If a man marries his sister, whether his father's daughter or his mother's daughter, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his punishment.

Leviticus 20 : 18 (HCSB)

If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her *flow , and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them must be cut off from their people.

Leviticus 20 : 19 (HCSB)

You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother's sister or your father's sister, for it is exposing one's own blood relative; both people will bear their punishment.

Leviticus 20 : 20 (HCSB)

If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has shamed his uncle; they will bear their guilt and die childless.

Leviticus 20 : 21 (HCSB)

If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has shamed his brother; they will be childless.

Leviticus 20 : 22 (HCSB)

"You are to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.

Leviticus 20 : 23 (HCSB)

You must not follow the statutes of the nations I am driving out before you, for they did all these things, and I abhorred them.

Leviticus 20 : 24 (HCSB)

And I promised you: You will inherit their land, since I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey. I am the LORD your God who set you apart from the peoples.

Leviticus 20 : 25 (HCSB)

Therefore you must distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. You are not to make yourselves detestable by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.

Leviticus 20 : 26 (HCSB)

You are to be holy to Me because I, the LORD, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be Mine.

Leviticus 20 : 27 (HCSB)

A man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their blood is on their own hands."