Leviticus 20:1

The NET Bible®

The Lord spoke to Moses:

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying,

King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Lexham English Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

New Century Version
The Lord said to Moses,

Amplified Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moses, saying,

Legacy Standard Bible
Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Contemporary English Version
The Lord told Moses

Complete Jewish Bible
(LY: v) Adonai said to Moshe,

Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord said to Moses,

English Standard Version
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

George Lamsa Translation
AND the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Good News Translation
The Lord told Moses

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord spoke to Moses:

Literal Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE talked with Moses, and saide:

American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said to Moses,

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And the Lord spak to Moises, and seide,

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

New King James Version
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

New Living Translation
The Lord said to Moses,

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses,

New Revised Standard
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh spake unto Moses, saying:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses,

THE MESSAGE
God spoke to Moses: "Tell the Israelites, Each and every Israelite and foreigner in Israel who gives his child to the god Molech must be put to death. The community must kill him by stoning. I will resolutely reject that man and cut him off from his people. By giving his child to the god Molech he has polluted my Sanctuary and desecrated my holy name. If the people of the land look the other way as if nothing had happened when that man gives his child to the god Molech and fail to kill him, I will resolutely reject that man and his family, and him and all who join him in prostituting themselves in the rituals of the god Molech I will cut off from their people.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord spoke to Moses: ² "You are to say to the Israelites, ‘Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people of the land must pelt him with stones. ³ I myself will set my face against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. ⁴ If, however, the people of the land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to Molech so that they do not put him to death, ⁵ I myself will set my face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech. ⁶ "‘The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people. ⁷ "‘You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. ⁸ You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who sanctifies you. ⁹ "‘If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself.

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Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 12:14 - If ye will Ezra 7:26 - whether it be Jeremiah 7:31 - which I Ezekiel 16:21 - to pass

Cross-References

Genesis 10:19
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon all the way to Gerar as far as Gaza, and all the way to Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.

Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt into the Negev. He took his wife and all his possessions with him, as well as Lot.

Genesis 14:7
Then they attacked En Mishpat (that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had not given birth to any children, but she had an Egyptian servant named Hagar.

Genesis 16:7
The Lord 's angel found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert—the spring that is along the road to Shur.

Genesis 16:14
That is why the well was called Beer Lahai Roi. (It is located between Kadesh and Bered.)

Genesis 18:1
The Lord appeared to Abraham by the oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance to his tent during the hottest time of the day.

Genesis 20:13
When God made me wander from my father's house, I told her, ‘This is what you can do to show your loyalty to me: Every place we go, say about me, "He is my brother."'"

Genesis 20:14
So Abimelech gave sheep, cattle, and male and female servants to Abraham. He also gave his wife Sarah back to him.

Genesis 24:62
Now Isaac came from Beer Lahai Roi, for he was living in the Negev.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... After he had delivered the above laws to him in the preceding chapter, he added penalties, to many of them, or declared what punishment should be inflicted on the transgressors of them:

saying; as follows.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The crimes which are condemned in Leviticus 18:0; Leviticus 19:0 on purely spiritual ground, have here special punishments allotted to them as offences against the well-being of the nation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XX

Of giving seed to Molech, and the punishment of this crime,

1-5.

Of consulting wizards, &c., 6-8.

Of disrespect to parents, 9.

Of adultery, 10.

Of incestuous mixtures, 11, 12.

Bestiality, 13-16.

Different cases of incest and uncleanness, 17-21.

Exhortations and promises, 22-24.

The difference between clean and unclean animals to be

carefully observed, 25.

The Israelites are separated from other nations, that they may

be holy, 26.

A repetition of the law against wizards and them that have

familiar spirits, 27.

NOTES ON CHAP. XX