God's Word Translation

Leviticus 20:3-13 God's Word Translation (GW)

3. I will condemn them and exclude them from the people. They gave one of their children to Molech, made my holy tent unclean, and dishonored my holy name.

4. If the common people ignore those who give their children to Molech and do not put them to death,

5. I will condemn them and their families. I will exclude them from the people. I will exclude from the people everyone who chases after Molech as if he were a prostitute.

6. “I will condemn people who turn to mediums and psychics and chase after them as though they were prostitutes. I will exclude them from the people.

7. “Live holy lives. Be holy because I am the Lord your God.

8. Obey my laws, and live by them. I am the Lord who sets you apart as holy.

9. “Whoever curses his father or mother must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother and deserves to die.

10. “If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife or with his neighbor’s wife, both he and the woman must be put to death for their adultery.

11. Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife has violated his father’s marriage. Both he and his father’s wife must be put to death. They deserve to die.

12. If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have done a disgusting thing and deserve to die.

13. When a man has sexual intercourse with another man as with a woman, both men are doing something disgusting and must be put to death. They deserve to die.