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Molech Worship and Spiritism

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^(C1) must be put to death; the people of the country are to stone him.^{(C2) 3} I will turn^(F1) against that man and cut him off from his people, because he gave his offspring to Molech, defiling my sanctuary^(C1) and profaning my holy name.^{(C2) 4} But if the people of the country look the other way when that man^(F1) 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^(F1) him in prostituting^(C1) themselves with Molech.

⁶ “Whoever turns to mediums^(F1)(C1) or spiritists^(F2) 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.

Family and Sexual Offenses

⁹ “If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.^(C1) He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.^(F1)

¹⁰ “If a man commits adultery^(C1) 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.^(F1)(C1) Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.^{(F2) 12} If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,^(C1) 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,^(C1) they have both committed a detestable act.^(C2) They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. ¹⁴ If a man marries^(F1) a woman and her mother,^(C1) it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned,^(C2) so that there will be no depravity among you. ¹⁵ If a man has sexual intercourse with^(F1) 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.^(C1) They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. ¹⁷ If a man marries his sister,^(C1) whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,^(F1)(C2) it is a disgrace.^(C3) They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity. ¹⁸ 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.^(C1) Both of them are to be cut off from their people. ¹⁹ You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister,^(C1) for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity. ²⁰ If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle;^(F1)(C1) they will bear their guilt and die childless. ²¹ If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.^(C1) He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother;^(F1)(C2) they will be childless.

Holiness in the Land

²² “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.^{(C1) 23} 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.^{(C1) 24} 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.^(C1) I am the Lord your God who set you apart from the peoples. ²⁵ Therefore you are to distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated^(C1) by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.^{(C2) 26} 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.^(C1)

²⁷ “A man or a woman who is^(F1) a medium or a spiritist must be put to death. They are to be stoned; their death is their own fault.”