Leviticus:20-21
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Again ,
thou shalt say to the children of Israel ,
Whosoever he be of the children of Israel ,
or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel ,
that giveth any of his seed unto Molech ;
he shall surely be put to death :
the people of the land shall stone him with stones .
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And I will set my face against that man ,
and will cut him off from among his people ;
because he hath given of his seed unto Molech ,
to defile my sanctuary ,
and to profane my holy name .
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And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man ,
when he giveth of his seed unto Molech ,
and kill him not :
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Then I will set my face against that man ,
and against his family ,
and will cut him off ,
and all that go a whoring after him ,
to commit whoredom with Molech ,
from among their people .
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And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits ,
and after wizards ,
to go a whoring after them ,
I will even set my face against that soul ,
and will cut him off from among his people .
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Sanctify yourselves therefore ,
and be ye holy :
for I am the LORD your God .
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And ye shall keep my statutes ,
and do them :
I am the LORD which sanctify you .
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For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death :
he hath cursed his father or his mother ;
his blood shall be upon him .
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And the man that committeth adultery with another man '
s wife ,
even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour '
s wife ,
the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death .
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And the man that lieth with his father '
s wife hath uncovered his father '
s nakedness :
both of them shall surely be put to death ;
their blood shall be upon them .
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And if a man lie with his daughter in law ,
both of them shall surely be put to death :
they have wrought confusion ;
their blood shall be upon them .
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If a man also lie with mankind ,
as he lieth with a woman ,
both of them have committed an abomination :
they shall surely be put to death ;
their blood shall be upon them .
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And if a man take a wife and her mother ,
it is wickedness :
they shall be burnt with fire ,
both he and they ;
that there be no wickedness among you .
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And if a man lie with a beast ,
he shall surely be put to death :
and ye shall slay the beast .
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And if a woman approach unto any beast ,
and lie down thereto ,
thou shalt kill the woman ,
and the beast :
they shall surely be put to death ;
their blood shall be upon them .
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And if a man shall take his sister ,
his father '
s daughter ,
or his mother '
s daughter ,
and see her nakedness ,
and she see his nakedness ;
it is a wicked thing ;
and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people :
he hath uncovered his sister '
s nakedness ;
he shall bear his iniquity .
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And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness ,
and shall uncover her nakedness ;
he hath discovered her fountain ,
and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood :
and both of them shall be cut off from among their people .
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And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother '
s sister ,
nor of thy father '
s sister :
for he uncovereth his near kin :
they shall bear their iniquity .
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And if a man shall lie with his uncle '
s wife ,
he hath uncovered his uncle '
s nakedness :
they shall bear their sin ;
they shall die childless .
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And if a man shall take his brother '
s wife ,
it is an unclean thing :
he hath uncovered his brother '
s nakedness ;
they shall be childless .
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Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes ,
and all my judgments ,
and do them :
that the land ,
whither I bring you to dwell therein ,
spue you not out .
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And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation ,
which I cast out before you :
for they committed all these things ,
and therefore I abhorred them .
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But I have said unto you ,
Ye shall inherit their land ,
and I will give it unto you to possess it ,
a land that floweth with milk and honey :
I am the LORD your God ,
which have separated you from other people .
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Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean ,
and between unclean fowls and clean :
and ye shall not make your souls abominable by beast ,
or by fowl ,
or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the ground ,
which I have separated from you as unclean .
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And ye shall be holy unto me :
for I the LORD am holy ,
and have severed you from other people ,
that ye should be mine .
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A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit ,
or that is a wizard ,
shall surely be put to death :
they shall stone them with stones :
their blood shall be upon them .
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron ,
and say unto them ,
There shall none be defiled for the dead among his people :
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But for his kin ,
that is near unto him ,
that is ,
for his mother ,
and for his father ,
and for his son ,
and for his daughter ,
and for his brother ,
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And for his sister a virgin ,
that is nigh unto him ,
which hath had no husband ;
for her may he be defiled .
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But he shall not defile himself ,
being a chief man among his people ,
to profane himself .
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They shall not make baldness upon their head ,
neither shall they shave off the corner of their beard ,
nor make any cuttings in their flesh .
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They shall be holy unto their God ,
and not profane the name of their God :
for the offerings of the LORD made by fire ,
and the bread of their God ,
they do offer :
therefore they shall be holy .
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They shall not take a wife that is a whore ,
or profane ;
neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband :
for he is holy unto his God .
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Thou shalt sanctify him therefore ;
for he offereth the bread of thy God :
he shall be holy unto thee :
for I the LORD ,
which sanctify you ,
am holy .
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And the daughter of any priest ,
if she profane herself by playing the whore ,
she profaneth her father :
she shall be burnt with fire .
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And he that is the high priest among his brethren ,
upon whose head the anointing oil was poured ,
and that is consecrated to put on the garments ,
shall not uncover his head ,
nor rend his clothes ;
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Neither shall he go in to any dead body ,
nor defile himself for his father ,
or for his mother ;
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Neither shall he go out of the sanctuary ,
nor profane the sanctuary of his God ;
for the crown of the anointing oil of his God is upon him :
I am the LORD .
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And he shall take a wife in her virginity .
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A widow ,
or a divorced woman ,
or profane ,
or an harlot ,
these shall he not take :
but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife .
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Neither shall he profane his seed among his people :
for I the LORD do sanctify him .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak unto Aaron ,
saying ,
Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish ,
let him not approach to offer the bread of his God .
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For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish ,
he shall not approach :
a blind man ,
or a lame ,
or he that hath a flat nose ,
or any thing superfluous ,
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Or a man that is brokenfooted ,
or brokenhanded ,
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Or crookbackt ,
or a dwarf ,
or that hath a blemish in his eye ,
or be scurvy ,
or scabbed ,
or hath his stones broken ;
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No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire :
he hath a blemish ;
he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God .
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He shall eat the bread of his God ,
both of the most holy ,
and of the holy .
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Only he shall not go in unto the vail ,
nor come nigh unto the altar ,
because he hath a blemish ;
that he profane not my sanctuaries :
for I the LORD do sanctify them .
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And Moses told it unto Aaron ,
and to his sons ,
and unto all the children of Israel .
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,