Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Leviticus 20:14-27 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

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

15-16. If any of you have sex with an animal, both you and the animal will be put to death, just as you deserve.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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