And the LORD talked with Moses saying: tell the children of Israel,
whosoever he be of the children of Israel or of the strangers that
dwell in Israel, that giveth of his seed unto Moloch he shall die for
it: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. And I will set
my face upon that fellow, and will destroy him from among his people:
because he hath given of his seed unto Moloch, for to defile my
sanctuary and to pollute mine holy name. And though that the people of
the land hide their eyes from that fellow, when he giveth of his seed
unto Moloch, so that they kill him not: yet I will put my face upon
that man and upon his household, {generation} and will destroy him and
all that go a whoring with him and commit whoredom with Moloch from
among their people. If any soul turn unto them that work with spirits
or makers of dismal days {turn him to enchanters or expounders of
tokens} and go a whoring after them, I will put my face upon that soul
and will destroy him from among his people. Sanctify your selves
therefore and be holy, for I am the LORD your God. And see that ye keep
mine ordinances and do them. For I am the LORD which sanctify you.
Whosoever curseth his father or mother, shall die for it, his blood on
his head, because he hath cursed his father or mother. He that breaketh
wedlock with another man's wife shall die for it, because he hath broke
wedlock with his neighbour's wife, and so shall she likewise. If a man
lie with his father's wife and uncover his father's secrets, they shall
both die for it, their blood be upon their heads. If a man lie with his
daughter- in-law they shall die both of them: they have wrought
abomination, their blood upon their heads. If a man lie with the
mankind after the manner as with womankind, they have both committed an
abomination and shall die for it. Their blood be upon their heads. If a
man take a wife and her mother thereto, it is wickedness. Men shall
burn with fire both him and them, that there be no wickedness among
you. If a man lie with a beast he shall die, and ye shall slay the
beast. If a woman go unto a beast and lie down thereto: thou shalt kill
the woman and the beast also they shall die, and their blood be upon
their heads. If a man take his sister, his father's daughter or his
mother's daughter, and see her secrets, and she see his secrets also:
it is a wicked thing. Therefore let them perish in the sight of their
people; he hath seen his sister's secretness, he shall therefore bear
his sin. If a man lie with a woman in time of her natural disease and
unheal {uncover} her secrets and uncover {open} her fountain, and she
also open the fountain of her blood, they shall both perish from among
their people. Thou shalt not uncover the secrets of thy mother's sister
nor of thy father's sisters, for he that doth so, uncovereth his next
kin: and they shall bear their misdoing. If a man lie with his uncle's
wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's secrets: they shall bear their sin,
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