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Leviticus 20:3-21 Good News Bible (GNB)

3. If anyone gives one of his children to Molech and makes my sacred Tent unclean and disgraces my holy name, I will turn against him and will no longer consider him one of my people.

4. But if the community ignores what he has done and does not put him to death,

5. I myself will turn against the man and his whole family and against all who join him in being unfaithful to me and worshipping Molech. I will no longer consider them my people.

6. “If anyone goes for advice to people who consult the spirits of the dead, I will turn against him and will no longer consider him one of my people.

7. Keep yourselves holy, because I am the Lord your God.

8. Obey my laws, because I am the Lord and I make you holy.”

9. The Lord gave the following regulations. Anyone who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he is responsible for his own death.

10. If a man commits adultery with the wife of a fellow-Israelite, both he and the woman shall be put to death.

11. A man who has intercourse with one of his father's wives disgraces his father, and both he and the woman shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

12. If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, they shall both be put to death. They have committed incest and are responsible for their own death.

13. If a man has sexual relations with another man, they have done a disgusting thing, and both shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

14. If a man marries a woman and her mother, all three shall be burnt to death because of the disgraceful thing they have done; such a thing must not be permitted among you.

15. If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he and the animal shall be put to death.

16. If a woman tries to have sexual relations with an animal, she and the animal shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

17. If a man marries his sister or half-sister, they shall be publicly disgraced and driven out of the community. He has had intercourse with his sister and must suffer the consequences.

18. If a man has intercourse with a woman during her monthly period, both of them are to be driven out of the community, because they have broken the regulations about ritual uncleanness.

19. If a man has intercourse with his aunt, both of them must suffer the consequences for incest.

20. If a man has intercourse with his uncle's wife, he disgraces his uncle, and he and the woman will pay the penalty; neither of them will have children.

21. If a man marries his brother's wife, they will die childless. He has done a ritually unclean thing and has disgraced his brother.