20:1   The LORD told Moses

20:2   to say to the community of Israel: Death by stoning is the penalty for any citizens or foreigners in the country who sacrifice their children to the god Molech.

20:3   They have disgraced both the place where I am worshiped and my holy name, and so I will turn against them and no longer let them belong to my people.

20:4   Some of you may let them get away with human sacrifice,

20:5   but not me. If any of you worship Molech, I will turn against you and your entire family, and I will no longer let you belong to my people.

20:6   I will be your enemy if you go to someone who claims to speak with the dead, and I will destroy you from among my people.

20:7   Dedicate yourselves to me and be holy because I am the LORD your God.

20:8   I have chosen you as my people, and I expect you to obey my laws.

20:9   If you curse your father or mother, you will be put to death, and it will be your own fault.

20:10   If any of you men have sex with another man's wife, both you and the woman will be put to death.

20:11   Having sex with one of your father's wives disgraces him. So both you and the woman will be put to death, just as you deserve.

20:12   It isn't natural to have sex with your daughter-in-law, and both of you will be put to death, just as you deserve.

20:13   It's disgusting for men to have sex with one another, and those who do will be put to death, just as they deserve.

20:14   It isn't natural for a man to marry both a mother and her daughter, and so all three of them will be burned to death.

20:15   If any of you have sex with an animal, both you and the animal will be put to death, just as you deserve.

20:16   (SEE 20:15)

20:17   If you marry one of your sisters, you will be punished, and the two of you will be disgraced by being openly forced out of the community.

20:18   If you have sex with a woman during her monthly period, both you and the woman will be cut off from the people of Israel.

20:19   The sisters of your father and mother are your own relatives, and you will be punished for having sex with any of them.

20:20   If you have sex with your uncle's wife, neither you nor she will ever have any children.

20:21   And if you marry your sister-in-law, neither of you will ever have any children.

20:22   Obey my laws and teachings. Or else the land I am giving you will become sick of you and throw you out.

20:23   The nations I am chasing out did these disgusting things, and I hated them for it, so don't follow their example.

20:24   I am the LORD your God, and I have promised you their land that is rich with milk and honey. I have chosen you to be different from other people.

20:25   That's why you must make a difference between animals and birds that I have said are clean and unclean --this will keep you from becoming disgusting to me.

20:26   I am the LORD, the holy God. You have been chosen to be my people, and so you must be holy too.

20:27   If you claim to receive messages from the dead, you will be put to death by stoning, just as you deserve.