The Penalties for Acts of Immorality

201 Then the Lord spoke to Moses , saying , 2 "You shall also say to the sons of Israel : 'Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel who gives any of his offspring to Molech , shall surely be put to death ; the people of the land shall stone him with stones . 3 'I will also set My face against that man and will cut him off from among his people , because he has given some of his offspring to Molech , so as to defile My sanctuary and to profane My holy name . 4 'If the people of the land , however, should ever disregard e that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech , so as not to put him to death , 5 then I Myself will set My face against that man and against his family , and I will cut off from among their people both him and all those who play the harlot after him, by playing the harlot after Molech . 6 'As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists , to play the harlot after them, I will also set My face against that person and will cut him off from among his people . 7 'You shall consecrate yourselves therefore and be holy , for I am the Lord your God . 8 ' You shall keep My statutes and practice them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you. 9 ' If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother , he shall surely be put to death ; he has cursed his father or his mother , his bloodguiltiness is upon him.

10 ' If there is a man who commits adultery with another man's wife , one who commits adultery with his friend's wife , the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death . 11 ' If there is a man who lies with his father's wife , he has uncovered his father's nakedness ; both of them shall surely be put to death , their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 12 ' If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law , both of them shall surely be put to death ; they have committed incest , their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 13 ' If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman , both of them have committed a detestable act ; they shall surely be put to death . Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 14 ' If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother , it is immorality ; both he and they shall be burned with fire , so that there will be no immorality in your midst . 15 ' If there is a man who lies e with an animal , he shall surely be put to death ; you shall also kill the animal . 16 'If there is a woman who approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal ; they shall surely be put to death . Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 17 ' If there is a man who takes his sister , his father's daughter or his mother's daughter , so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness , it is a disgrace ; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people . He has uncovered his sister's nakedness ; he bears his guilt . 18 ' If there is a man who lies with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness , he has laid bare her flow , and she has exposed the flow of her blood ; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people . 19 ' You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister , for such a one has made naked his blood relative ; they will bear their guilt . 20 ' If there is a man who lies with his uncle's wife he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness ; they will bear their sin . They will die childless . 21 ' If there is a man who takes his brother's wife , it is abhorrent ; he has uncovered his brother's nakedness . They will be childless .

22 'You are therefore to keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and do them, so that the land to which I am bringing you to live will not spew you out. 23 'Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I will drive out before you, for they did all these things , and therefore I have abhorred them. 24 'Hence I have said to you, " You are to possess their land , and I Myself will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey ." I am the Lord your God , who has separated you from the peoples . 25 ' You are therefore to make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean , and between the unclean bird and the clean ; and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal or by bird or by anything that creeps on the ground , which I have separated for you as unclean . 26 'Thus you are to be holy to Me, for I the Lord am holy ; and I have set you apart from the peoples to be Mine. 27 'Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death . They shall be stoned with stones , their bloodguiltiness is upon them.' "