Leviticus 20:7

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5 then I will set My face against that man and against his family; and I will cut him off from his people, and all who prostitute themselves with him to commit harlotry with Molech.

6 ‘And ^athe person who turns to mediums and familiar spirits, to prostitute himself with them, I will set My face against that person and cut him off from his people.

7 ^aConsecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

8 And you shall keep ^aMy statutes, and perform them: ^bI am the Lord who sanctifies you.

9 ‘For ^aeveryone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. ^bHis blood shall be upon him.

10 ^a‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.

11 The man who lies with his ^afather’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

12 If a man lies with his ^adaughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon them.

13 ^aIf a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

14 If a man marries a woman and her ^amother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.

15 If a man mates with an ^aanimal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal.

16 If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood is upon them.

17 ‘If a man takes his ^asister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a wicked thing. And they shall be¹ cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his² guilt.

18 ^aIf a man lies with a woman during her¹ sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has² exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be³ cut off from their people.

19 ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your ^amother’s sister nor of your ^bfather’s sister, for that would uncover his near of kin. They shall bear their guilt.

20 If a man lies with his ^auncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

21 If a man takes his ^abrother’s wife, it is an unclean thing. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.

Commentaries:

Matthew Henry

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Leviticus 20:1-27

Law against sacrificing children to Moloch, Of children that curse their parents. (1-9) Laws repeated, Holiness enjoined. (10-27)

Verses 1-9 Are we shocked at the unnatural cruelty of the ancient idolaters in sacrificing their children? We may justly be so. But are there not very many parents, who, by bad teaching and wicked examples, and by the mysteries of iniquity which they show their children, devote them to the service of Satan, and forward their everlasting ruin, in a manner even more to be lamented? What an account must such parents render to God, and what a meeting will they have with their children at the day of judgment! On the other hand, let children remember that he who cursed father or mother was surely put to death. This law Christ confirmed. Laws which were made before are repeated, and penalties annexed to them. If men will not avoid evil practices, because the law has made these practices sin, and it is right that we go on that principle, surely they should avoid them when the law has made them death, from a principle of self-preservation. In the midst of these laws comes in a general charge, Sanctify yourselves, and be ye holy. It is the Lord that sanctifies, and his work will be done, though it be difficult. Yet his grace is so far from doing away our endeavours, that it strongly encourages them. Work out your salvation, for it is God that worketh in you.

Verses 10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.

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