{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/leviticus/20","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T06:24:31.150Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Leviticus","bookSlug":"leviticus","chapter":20,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":19,"nextChapter":21,"totalChapters":27,"totalVerses":27},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever <i>he be</i> of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth <i>any</i> of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I <i>am</i> the LORD your God."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I <i>am</i> the LORD which sanctify you."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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 <i>shall be</i> upon him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And the man that committeth adultery with <i>another</i> man's wife, <i>even he</i> that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"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 <i>shall be</i> upon them."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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 <i>shall be</i> upon them."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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 <i>shall be</i> upon them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And if a man take a wife and her mother, it <i>is</i> wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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 <i>shall be</i> upon them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"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 <i>is</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it <i>is</i> an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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 <i>am</i> the LORD your God, which have separated you from <i>other</i> people."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD <i>am</i> holy, and have severed you from <i>other</i> people, that ye should be mine."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"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 <i>shall be</i> upon them."}],"citation":{"inline":"Leviticus 20 (KJV)","markdown":"[Leviticus 20](https://primebible.com/kjv/leviticus/20)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/leviticus/20 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}