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  2. List of disqualifications for the Jewish priesthood - Wikipedia

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    A Kohen is forbidden to enter any house or enclosure, in which a dead body (or part therof), may be found (Leviticus 10:6, Leviticus 21:1–5, Ezekiel 44:20, Ezekiel 44:25) Practical examples of these prohibitions include: not entering a cemetery or attending a funeral; not being under the same roof (i.e. in a home or hospital) as a dismembered ...

  3. Priestly Code - Wikipedia

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    The order to make trespass offerings after sexual involvement with an engaged slavewoman (Leviticus 19:21-22) The prohibition against an anointed high priest uncovering his head or rending his clothes (Leviticus 21:10) The prohibition against offerings by Aaronid priests who are blemished (Leviticus 21:21-22)

  4. Holiness code - Wikipedia

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    Leviticus 20 also presents the list in a more verbose manner. Furthermore, Leviticus 22:11–21 parallels Leviticus 17, and there are, according to textual criticism, passages at Leviticus 18:26, 19:37, 22:31–33, 24:22, and 25:55, which have the appearance of once standing at the end of independent laws or collections of laws as colophons ...

  5. Capital punishment in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    Murder, [7] striking or smiting one's parents, [8] kidnapping, [9] cursing one's parents, [10] occult practice, [11] [12] bestiality, [13] worshipping other gods, [14] Sabbath desecration, [15] child sacrifice, [16] adultery, [17] incest, [18] male homosexual intercourse (female homosexual intercourse is unmentioned), [19] [20] prostitution by ...

  6. Incest in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    These prohibitions are found predominantly in Leviticus 18:7–18 and 20:11–21, but also in Deuteronomy. Endogamy was the preferred practice in many parts of the ancient Near East ; [ 1 ] the ideal marriage, in fact, was usually one to a cousin , and it was often forbidden for an eldest daughter to even marry outside of the family at all. [ 1 ]

  7. Kedoshim - Wikipedia

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    While Leviticus 12:6–8 required a new mother to bring a burnt-offering and a sin-offering, Leviticus 26:9, Deuteronomy 28:11, and Psalm 127:3–5 make clear that having children is a blessing from God; Genesis 15:2 and 1 Samuel 1:5–11 characterize childlessness as a misfortune; and Leviticus 20:20 and Deuteronomy 28:18 threaten ...

  8. Book of Leviticus - Wikipedia

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    Metzora, on Leviticus 14–15: Skin disease, unclean houses, genital discharges; Acharei Mot, on Leviticus 16–18: Yom Kippur, centralized offerings, sexual practices; Kedoshim, on Leviticus 19–20: Holiness, penalties for transgressions; Emor, on Leviticus 21–24: Rules for priests, holy days, lights and bread, a blasphemer

  9. Thou shalt not kill - Wikipedia

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    The Sixth Commandment, as translated by the Book of Common Prayer (1549). The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London.. Thou shalt not kill (LXX, KJV; Ancient Greek: Οὐ φονεύσεις, romanized: Ou phoneúseis), You shall not murder (NIV, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִּרְצָח, romanized: Lo tirṣaḥ) or Do not murder (), is a moral ...