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Leviticus 20:5-15 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

5. But I will be against him and his family. I will separate him from his people. I will do this to anyone who is unfaithful to me and who worships Molech.

6. “‘I will be against anyone who goes to mediums and fortune-tellers for advice. He is being unfaithful to me. So I will separate him from his people.

7. “‘Be my holy people. Be holy because I am holy. I am the Lord your God.

8. Remember and obey my laws. I am the Lord, and I have made you holy.

9. “‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother. So he must be punished.

10. “‘A man might have physical relations with his neighbor’s wife. If he does, both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So they must be put to death.

11. A man might have physical relations with his father’s wife. If he does, both the man and his father’s wife must be put to death. They have brought it on themselves. That man has shamed his father.

12. “‘A man might have physical relations with his daughter-in-law. If he does, both of them must be put to death. What they have done is not natural. It must be punished.

13. “‘A man might have physical relations with another man as a man does with a woman. If he does, these two men have done a hated sin. They must be put to death. They have brought it on themselves.

14. “‘A man might have physical relations with both a woman and her mother. This is evil. The people must burn that man and the two women in fire. Do this so that your people will not be evil.

15. “‘A man might have unnatural physical relations with an animal. If he does, he must be put to death. And you must also kill the animal.

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