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them, I will set My face against that person the land where I am bringing you to dwell may
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and cut him off from his people. Consecrate not vomit you out. And you shall not walk in
yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the the statutes of the nation which I am casting
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LORD your God. And you shall keep My out before you; for they commit all these
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statutes, and perform them: I am the LORD things, and therefore I abhor them. But I
who sanctifies you. have said to you, “You shall inherit their land,
9 ‘For everyone who curses his father or his and I will give it to you to possess, a land flow-
mother shall surely be put to death. He has ing with milk and honey.” I am the LORD your
cursed his father or his mother. His blood God, who has separated you from the peoples.
shall be upon him. 25 You shall therefore distinguish between
10 ‘The man who commits adultery with an- clean animals and unclean, between unclean
other man’s wife, he who commits adultery birds and clean, and you shall not make your-
with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the selves abominable by beast or by bird, or by
adulteress, shall surely be put to death. The any kind of living thing that creeps on the
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man who lies with his father’s wife has uncov- ground, which I have separated from you as
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ered his father’s nakedness; both of them unclean. And you shall be holy to Me, for I
shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall the LORD am holy, and have separated you
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be upon them. If a man lies with his daughter- from the peoples, that you should be Mine.
27 ‘A man or a woman who is a medium, or
in-law, both of them shall surely be put to
death. They have committed perversion. who has familiar spirits, shall surely be put to
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Their blood shall be upon them. If a man lies death; they shall stone them with stones.
with a male as he lies with a woman, both of Their blood shall be upon them.’ ”
them have committed an abomination. They Psalm 27:4–10
shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall 4
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be upon them. If a man marries a woman and One thing I have desired
her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be of the LORD,
burned with fire, both he and they, that there That will I seek:
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may be no wickedness among you. If a man That I may dwell in the house
mates with an animal, he shall surely be put to of the LORD
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death, and you shall kill the animal. If a All the days of my life,
woman approaches any animal and mates with To behold the beauty of
it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. the LORD,
They shall surely be put to death. Their blood 5 And to inquire in His temple.
is upon them. For in the time of trouble
‘If a man takes his sister, his father’s
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daughter or his mother’s daughter, and sees In the secret place of
His tabernacle
her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it He shall hide me;
is a wicked thing. And they shall be cut off in He shall set me high upon
the sight of their people. He has uncovered a rock.
his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his guilt.
18 6 And now my head shall be
If a man lies with a woman during her sick-
ness and uncovers her nakedness, he has ex- lifted up above my enemies
posed her flow, and she has uncovered the all around me;
flow of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy
from their people. in His tabernacle;
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‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of
your mother’s sister nor of your father’s sister,
for that would uncover his near of kin. They
shall bear their guilt. If a man lies with his un-
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cle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s 27:8,9 “Seek My face,”…“Your face,”…Your
nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they face. God’s “face” indicates His personal pres-
shall die childless. If a man takes his broth- ence or simply His being (Pss. 24:6; 105:4); and
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er’s wife, it is an unclean thing. He has uncov- seeking His face is a primary characteristic of
ered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be true believers who desire fellowship with God
childless. (see Deut. 4:29; 2 Chr. 11:16; 20:4; Ps. 40:16; Jer.
‘You shall therefore keep all My statutes
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and all My judgments, and perform them, that
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