Leviticus Chapter 20

Gives his children to Molech

20:1 AND YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
spoke to Mosesמשה
Meaning of the name: Linguist Abraham Yahuda, based on the spelling given in the Tanakh, argues that it combines “water” or “seed” and “pond, expanse of water,” thus yielding the sense of “child of the Nile” click here
, saying,
20:2 Again, you will say to the children of Israel, Whoever [he is] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that temporary stays in Israel, that gives [any] of his children to Molech ; he shall surely be put to death the people of the land shall stone him with stones.
20:3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people ; because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane My Holyקָדוֹשׁ
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here
Name.
20:4 And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t kill him.
20:5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
20:6 And the person that turns after such as calling up the dead, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

Sanctifications


20:7 Sanctify yourselves therefore, and y’all be holyקָדוֹשׁ
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here
for I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohei אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
.
20:8 And y’all shall keep my statutes, and do them I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
which sanctify you.

Curses father and mother punishment


20:9 Because everyone that curses his father or his mother shall be surely put to death he has cursed his father or his mother ; his blood [shall be] on him.
20:10 And the man that commits adultery with [another] man’s wife, [even he] that commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

Punishment for sexual deviance


20:11 And the man that lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness both of them shall surely be put to death ; their blood [shall be] on them.
20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death they have worked confusion ; their blood [shall be] on them.
20:13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination they shall surely be put to death ; their blood [shall be] on them.
20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
20:15 And if a man lie with a animal, he shall surely be put to death and y’all shall kill the animal.
20:16 And if a woman approach any animal, and lie down with it, you will kill the woman, and the animal they shall surely be put to death ; their blood [shall be] on them.
20:17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness ; it [is] a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people he has uncovered his sister’s nakedness ; he shall bear his iniquity.

Woman on her period


20:18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness ; he has discovered her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood and both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
20:19 And you will not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister because he uncovers his relative they shall bear their iniquity.
20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness they shall bear their sinחָטָא
Transliteration:ḥāṭā’ Pronunciation:khaw-taw’ – verb A primitive root From an archery term meaning to miss the mark For more info click here
; they shall die childless.
20:21 And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it [is] an unclean thing he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness ; they shall be childless.

Obedience required with holiness


20:22 Y’all shall therefore keep all My statutes, and all My judgments, and do them that the land, whither I bring you to stay therein, vomit you not out.
20:23 And y’all shall not walk in the manners of the nation, that I throw out before you because they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.
20:24 But I have said to you, y’all shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land that flows with milk and honey I [am] YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
your Elohei אֱלֹהֵיכֶם
is a genre of Piyyut…. This name of this genre, meaning “your Elohim”, comes from the closing word of Numbers 15:41: “…to be your God; I am Yahweh your God.” for more info click here Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word Elohim for more info on the word click here
, which have separated you from [other] people.

Difference between clean and unclean animals


20:25 Y’all shall therefore separate difference between clean animals and unclean, and between unclean birds and clean and y’all shall not make your persons abominable by animal, or by bird, or by any manner of living thing that moves on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
20:26 And y’all shall be holyקָדוֹשׁ
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here
to me because I YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
[am] holyקָדוֹשׁ
Transliteration qāḏôš Pronunciation kaw-doshe’ sacred, holy, Holy One, saint, set apart For more info click here
, and have severed you from [other] people, that y’all should be mine.
20:27 A man also or woman that can call up the dead, or that is a necromancer, shall surely be put to death they shall stone them with stones their blood [shall be] on them.

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