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Leviticus 19:26 – You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying. [2] Leviticus 20:27 – A man or a woman who has a ghost or a familiar spirit shall be put to death; they shall be pelted with stones—and the bloodguilt is theirs. [3]
The Book of Leviticus (/ l ɪ ˈ v ɪ t ɪ k ə s /, from Ancient Greek: Λευιτικόν, Leuïtikón; Biblical Hebrew: וַיִּקְרָא , Wayyīqrāʾ, 'And He called'; Latin: Liber Leviticus) is the third book of the Torah (the Pentateuch) and of the Old Testament, also known as the Third Book of Moses. [1]
The majority of the Leviticus references come from a single passage of four lines: [21] Moreover, 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 of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land shall stone him with stones .
The Hebrew Bible/Old Testament and its traditional interpretations in Judaism and Christianity have historically affirmed and endorsed a patriarchal and heteronormative approach towards human sexuality, [5] [6] favouring exclusively penetrative vaginal intercourse between men and women within the boundaries of marriage over all other forms of human sexual activity, [5] [6] including ...
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 childlessness ...
A woman and her granddaughter (Leviticus 18:17) One's aunt by blood (Leviticus 18:12–13) One's father's brother (Leviticus 18:14) One's father's brother's wife (Leviticus 18:14) One's daughter-in-law (Leviticus 18:15) One's brother's wife (sister-in-law) (Leviticus 18:16), with the exception of Yibum
These chapters of Leviticus form part of the Holiness code. Leviticus 18:22 says: Do not lie with a man as one lies with a woman; it is an abomination. and Leviticus 20:13 states: If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
Once a year, on Yom Kippur, the Altar of Incense was purified (Exodus 30:10, Leviticus 16:18–19). The High Priest, after sacrificing a bull and a goat and purifying the Holy of Holies with their blood, would mix the blood of the two animals together. Then, starting at the northeast corner, he smeared the mixture of blood on each of the four ...