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Marrying one's wife's mother. [20] This was in addition to one's wife; death is by burning. Certain forms of incest , namely if it involves the father's wife or a daughter-in-law. [ 21 ]
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 ...
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
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 ...
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 ...
Leviticus 20:13 says: "If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them." [8] Ham's actions in Genesis 9:20-25 possibly refer to homosexual behavior with his father Noah, while the latter was passed out drunk in his tent. [9] [10]
The book of Leviticus chapter 20 is more comprehensive on matters of detestable sexual acts. [4] Some texts included in the New Testament also reference homosexual individuals and sexual relations, such as the Gospel of Matthew , the Gospel of Luke , and Pauline epistles originally directed to the early Christian churches in Asia Minor . [ 1 ]
Leviticus 20:17; 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 is a shameful thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people: he hath uncovered his sister's nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. Leviticus 20:18