Наказания за грех
1Вечный сказал Мусо:
2– Скажи исроильтянам: «Любого исроильтянина или живущего в Исроиле чужеземца, который отдаёт Молоху своего ребёнка, нужно предать смерти. Народ Исроила должен забить его камнями. 3Я обращу Своё лицо против него и исторгну его из народа; ведь, отдавая своих детей Молоху, он осквернил Моё святилище и обесчестил Моё святое имя. 4Если народ Исроила закроет глаза на то, что кто-то отдал своего ребёнка Молоху, и не предаст его смерти, 5то Я сам обращу Своё лицо против того человека и его семьи и исторгну их из народа – и его самого, и всех, кто следует за ним, блудя с Молохом.
6Я обращу Моё лицо против человека, который обращается к вызывателям умерших и к чародеям, нарушая верность Мне, следуя за ними, и Я исторгну его из народа.
7Освящайтесь и будьте святы, потому что Я – Вечный, ваш Бог. 8Соблюдайте Мои установления и следуйте им. Я – Вечный, Который освящает вас.
9Всякий, кто злословит отца или мать, должен быть предан смерти. Он злословил отца или мать – он сам виновен в своей гибели.
10Если мужчина ляжет с женой другого, то и изменника, и изменницу нужно предать смерти.
11Если мужчина переспит с женой отца20:11 Имеется в виду не мать данного человека, а другая жена его отца. – он опозорил отца. И мужчину, и женщину нужно предать смерти – они сами виновны в своей гибели.
12Если мужчина переспит со своей снохой, их обоих нужно предать смерти. Они сделали мерзость – они сами виновны в своей гибели.
13Если мужчина ляжет с мужчиной, как ложатся с женщиной, они оба сделали мерзость. Их нужно предать смерти – они сами виновны в своей гибели.
14Если мужчина женится и на дочери, и на её матери – это разврат. И его, и их нужно сжечь, чтобы среди вас не было разврата.
15Если мужчина совокупится с животным, его нужно предать смерти. Убейте и животное.
16Если женщина приблизится к животному для совокупления, убейте и женщину, и животное. Их нужно предать смерти – они сами виновны в своей гибели.
17Если мужчина женится на своей родной, единокровной или единоутробной сестре, и они совокупятся – это позор. Их нужно принародно изгнать. Он обесчестил сестру и подлежит наказанию.
18Если человек ляжет с женщиной во время её месячных и переспит с ней, то он обнажил источник её кровотечения, и она также открыла его. Их обоих нужно исторгнуть из народа.
19Не спи с сестрой матери или отца, потому что это бесчестие для близкой родни; вы оба будете виновны.
20Если человек переспит с женой дяди, он опозорил своего дядю. Развратники будут виновны; они умрут бездетными.
21Если человек переспит с женой своего брата – это нечистота; он опозорил брата. Они будут бездетными.
22Исполняйте все Мои установления и законы и соблюдайте их, чтобы земля, куда Я веду вас жить, не отторгла вас. 23Не следуйте обычаям народов, которые Я прогоняю от вас. За то, что они делали всё это, Я вознегодовал на них. 24Но вам Я сказал: „Вы завладеете их землёй. Я дам вам в наследие эту землю, где течёт молоко и мёд“. Я – Вечный, ваш Бог, Который отделил вас от народов.
25Отличайте чистых животных и птиц от нечистых. Не оскверняйте себя ни зверем, ни птицей, ни пресмыкающимся, которых Я велел вам считать нечистыми. 26Будьте святы предо Мной, потому что Я, Вечный, свят. Я отделил вас от народов, чтобы вы были Моими.
27Мужчину или женщину, которые будут вызывать умерших или чародействовать среди вас, нужно предать смерти. Забейте их камнями – они сами виновны в своей гибели».
Israel Will Be Punished for Their Sins
1The Lord spoke to Moses. He said, 2“Say to the Israelites, ‘Suppose a person sacrifices one of his children to the god Molek. It does not matter whether that person is an Israelite or an outsider who lives in Israel. He must be put to death. The members of the community must kill him by throwing stones at him. 3I will turn against that man. I will separate him from his people. That’s because he has sacrificed his child to Molek. He has made my sacred tent “unclean.” He has treated my name as if it were not holy. 4Suppose the members of the community act like they don’t know that the man has sacrificed his child to Molek. And suppose they don’t put him to death. 5Then I will turn against that man and his family. I will separate them from their people. I will also separate all those who follow him by joining themselves to Molek. They are not faithful to me.
6“ ‘Suppose someone looks for advice from people who get messages from those who have died. Or they go to people who talk to the spirits of the dead. And they do what those people say. Then they have not been faithful to me. So I will turn against them. I will separate them from their people.
7“ ‘Set yourselves apart for me. Be holy, because I am the Lord your God. 8Obey my rules. Follow them. I am the Lord. I make you holy.
9“ ‘Anyone who asks for bad things to happen to their father or mother must be put to death. They have cursed their father or mother. So anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
10“ ‘Suppose a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife. Then the man and the woman must be put to death.
11“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with his father’s wife. Then he has brought shame on his father. The man and the woman must be put to death. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
12“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with his daughter-in-law. Then they must be put to death. They have used sex in the wrong way. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
13“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with another man as he would have sex with a woman. I hate what they have done. They must be put to death. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
14“ ‘Suppose a man gets married to both a woman and her mother. That is evil. All of them must be burned to death. Then there will not be any evil among you.
15“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with an animal. Then he must be put to death. You must also kill the animal.
16“ ‘Suppose a woman has sex with an animal. Then kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.
17“ ‘Suppose a man gets married to his sister and has sex with her. That is a shameful thing to do. It does not matter whether she is the daughter of his father or of his mother. They must be separated from their community in front of everyone. That man has brought shame on his sister. He will be responsible for what he has done.
18“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with a woman during her monthly period. He has uncovered the place where her bleeding was coming from. And she has let him do it. So both of them must be separated from their people.
19“ ‘Do not have sex with the sister of either your mother or your father. That would bring shame on a close relative. Both of you would be held responsible for what you have done.
20“ ‘Suppose a man has sex with his aunt. Then he has brought shame on his uncle. Both of them will be held accountable for what they have done. They will die without having any children.
21“ ‘Suppose a man gets married to his brother’s wife. That is something that should never be done. He has brought shame on his brother. Neither of them will have any children.
22“ ‘Obey all my rules and laws. Follow them. Then the land where I am bringing you to live will not throw you out. 23To make room for you, I am going to drive out the nations that are in the land. You must not follow the practices of those nations. I hated those nations because they did all those things. 24But I said to you, “You will take over their land as your own. I will give it to you. It will belong to you. It is a land that has plenty of milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God. I have set you apart from the other nations.
25“ ‘So you must be able to tell the difference between animals that are “clean” and those that are not. You must know which birds are “clean” and which are not. Do not make yourselves “unclean” by eating any “unclean” animal or bird. Do not make yourselves “unclean” by eating anything that moves along the ground. I have set all of them apart as “unclean” for you. 26You must be holy. You must be set apart to me. I am the Lord. I am holy. I have set you apart from the other nations to be my own people.
27“ ‘Suppose a man or woman gets messages from those who have died. Or suppose a man or woman talks to the spirits of the dead. Then you must put that man or woman to death. You must kill them by throwing stones at them. Anything that happens to them will be their own fault.’ ”
