Lev 20.1-27 continues with a short course on Kedusha; several laws are repeated with penalties attached; going after familiar spirits; unlawful marriages; Molech worship; an exhortation to continue in the laws of Kedusha. God’s commandments are what makes the follower of Yehovah different than all other gods. The problem is people in Replacement Theology type religions have the wrong God. They don’t know what days have a kedusha, they don’t know what foods have a kedusha, they don’t know what concepts have a kedusha and they don’t know what commandments have a kedusha. Blasphemy is calling something “unholy” or without a kedusha when it has a kedusha, or calling something “holy” or with a kedusha when it doesn’t. Sadly this is the case with any religion that does not follow the Torah.
Holiness is…
v 1…Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
v 2…”You shall also say to the sons of Israel, ‘Any man from the sons of Israel or from the aliens sojourning in Israel, who gives any of his offspring to Molech, shall surely be put to death; the people of the land (the representatives) shall stone him with stones.
v 3…I will also set my face against that man and will cut him off from among his people (“karet”-even in private where nobody knows, God will punish the evil-doer), because he has given some of his offspring to Molech, so as to defile my sanctuary (the assembly of Israel) and to profane my holy name (Yehovah).
v 4…If the people of the land , however, should ever disregard that man when he gives any of his offspring to Molech (overlook it), so as to not put him to death,
v 5…then I myself will set my face against that man and his family; and I will cut off from among their people both him and all who play the harlot after him, playing the harlot after Molech.
v 6…As for the person who turns to mediums and to spiritists, to play the harlot after them, I will also set my face against that person and cut him off from among his people.
v 7…You shall consecrate yourselves (set apart yourselves with a kedusha with limitations and restrictions) therefore and be hooy (have a kedusha), for I am the Lord your God (not anyone else).
v 8…And you shall keep my statutes and practice them; I am the Lord who sanctifies you (gives you a kedusha).
v 9…If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother (does not fear or honor them), he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness will be upon him (he has brought it upon himself).
v 10…If there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he that commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife; both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
v 11…If there is a man who lies with his father’s wife (step-mother), he has uncovered his father’s nakedness (to expose those parts that should never be uncovered or exposed, but should always be covered-Gen 3.7); both of them shall surely be put to death, their bloodguiltiness is upon them (they have brought it upon themselves).
v 12…Of there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed incest (corruption), their bloodguiltiness is upon them (brought it upon themselves).
v 13…If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act (abomination); they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them (brought it upon themselves).
v 14…If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is immorality (wickedness); both he and they shall be burned with fire, that there may may be no immorality in your midst.
v 15…If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal.
v 16…If there is a woman who approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death . Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.
v 17…And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or is mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness, it is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight the children of their people (a public “karet”): he has uncovered his siter’s nbakedness (exposed those parts that should never be uncovered or exposed); he shall bear his iniquity (he seduced her).
v 18…And if a man shall lie with a menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness (exposed those parts that should never be uncovered or exposed), he has laid bare her flow, and she has exposed the flow of her blood; thus both shall be cut off from among their people (death by civil authorities or by God).
v 19…You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister (aunt), nor of your father’s sister; for he has made naked huis near kin; they shall bear their iniquity (brought it upon themselves).
v 20…And if a man lies with his uncle’s wife he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness-they shall bear their sin ; they shall die childless (childlessness was seen as not as severe as death, but a great punishment from heaven).
v 21…And if a man shall take his brother’s wife (while alive; if dead it is permissible), it is impurity (unclean thing-out of place); he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; the shall be childless.
v 22…You shall therefore keep all my statutes (chukim) and all my ordinances (mishpatim), and do them, that the land where I bring you to dwell will not vomit you out (like the stomach does when it is nauseous).
v 23…And you shall not walk in the customs of the nation, which I am casting out before you; for they did all these things and therefore I abhorred them.
v 24…But I have said unto you: ‘You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a and flowing with milk and honey.’ I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart (with a kedusha) from the people (with distinct laws and precepts).
v 25…You shall therefore separate between the clean beast (“tahor”-in place) and the unclean (“tamai”-out of place), and between the unclean fowl and the clean; and you shall not make your souls (yourselves) detestable by beast, or by fowl, or by any thing that creeps on the ground, which I have set apart for you as unclean.
v 26…And you shall be holy (have a kedusha with limitations and restrictions) to me; for I the Lord am holy (have a kedusha), and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.
v 27…Now a man or a woman who is a medium or a spiritist shall surely be put to death. They shall be stoned with stones, their bloodguiltiness is upon them (brought it upon themselves).
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