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Leviticus 20:22
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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.  
22 ‘You shall therefore keep all My astatutes and all My judgments, and perform them, that the land where I am bringing you to dwell bmay not vomit you out.  
23 aAnd you shall not walk in the statutes of the nation which I am casting out before you; for they commit all these things, and btherefore I abhor them.  
24 But aI have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, bwho has separated you from the peoples.  
25 aYou shall therefore distinguish between clean animals and unclean, between unclean birds and clean, band you shall not make yourselves1 abominable by beast or by bird, or by any kind of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as2 unclean.  
26 And you shall be holy to Me, afor I the Lord am holy, and have separated you from the peoples, that you should be Mine.  
27 a‘A man or a woman who is a medium, or who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to death; they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.’ ” 
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What Does Leviticus 20:22 Mean?



Leviticus 20:22

This verse concludes a section devoted to a variety of sexual sins, stating a major result or penalty of breaking the seventh commandment. This is the Bible's way of saying that when a society unrestrainedly breaks God's laws, nature will rise up as an enemy and make it impossible to live in the land. The inhabitants will be uprooted and thrust out—but not before many die in famine, war, and natural disasters. The natural process of sin will bring that nation to its knees and humble it before the world.

John W. Ritenbaugh
The Seventh Commandment (1997)

Related Topics: Famine | Lawlessness | Natural Disasters | Nature as Enemy | Process of Sin | Seventh Commandment | Sexual Immorality | Sexual Sins | Sin, Process of | The Seventh Commandment | War




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Exodus 20:13


 
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