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21 “‘And you shall not give any of[a] your offspring[b] in order to sacrifice them to Molech, nor[c] shall you profane the name of your God; I am Yahweh. 22 And you shall not lie with a male as lying with[d] a woman; that is a detestable thing. 23 And you shall not have sexual relations[e] with any animal, becoming unclean with it; and a woman shall not stand before[f] an animal to copulate with it—that is a perversion.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 18:21 Literally “from”
  2. Leviticus 18:21 Or “descendants”
  3. Leviticus 18:21 Or “and not”
  4. Leviticus 18:22 Literally “of”
  5. Leviticus 18:23 Literally “give your lying down”
  6. Leviticus 18:23 Literally “to the faces of”

21 “‘Do not give any of your children(A) to be sacrificed to Molek,(B) for you must not profane the name of your God.(C) I am the Lord.(D)

22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;(E) that is detestable.(F)

23 “‘Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.(G)

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