Punishments for Sin
1The Lord said to Moses, 2“Say to the Israelites: ‘Any Israelite or any foreigner residing in Israel who sacrifices any of his children to Molek is to be put to death. The members of the community are to stone him. 3I myself will set my face against him and will cut him off from his people; for by sacrificing his children to Molek, he has defiled my sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 4If the members of the community close their eyes when that man sacrifices one of his children to Molek and if they fail to put him to death, 5I myself will set my face against him and his family and will cut them off from their people together with all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molek.
6“ ‘I will set my face against anyone who turns to mediums and spiritists to prostitute themselves by following them, and I will cut them off from their people.
7“ ‘Consecrate yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord your God. 8Keep my decrees and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.
9“ ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death. Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.
10“ ‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.
11“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
12“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
13“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
14“ ‘If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is wicked. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that no wickedness will be among you.
15“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16“ ‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.
17“ ‘If a man marries his sister, the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.
18“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly period, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has also uncovered it. Both of them are to be cut off from their people.
19“ ‘Do not have sexual relations with the sister of either your mother or your father, for that would dishonor a close relative; both of you would be held responsible.
20“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.
21“ ‘If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is an act of impurity; he has dishonored his brother. They will be childless.
22“ ‘Keep all my decrees and laws and follow them, so that the land where I am bringing you to live may not vomit you out. 23You must not live according to the customs of the nations I am going to drive out before you. Because they did all these things, I abhorred them. 24But I said to you, “You will possess their land; I will give it to you as an inheritance, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am the Lord your God, who has set you apart from the nations.
25“ ‘You must therefore make a distinction between clean and unclean animals and between unclean and clean birds. Do not defile yourselves by any animal or bird or anything that moves along the ground—those that I have set apart as unclean for you. 26You are to be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the nations to be my own.
27“ ‘A man or woman who is a medium or spiritist among you must be put to death. You are to stone them; their blood will be on their own heads.’ ”
Castigos por el pecado
1El Señor ordenó a Moisés 2que dijera a los israelitas: «Todo israelita o extranjero residente en Israel que entregue a uno de sus hijos para quemarlo como sacrificio a Moloc será condenado a muerte. El pueblo entero lo matará a pedradas. 3Yo mismo me pondré en contra de ese hombre y lo eliminaré de su pueblo porque, al entregar a uno de sus hijos para quemarlo como sacrificio a Moloc, profana mi santuario y mi santo nombre. 4Si el pueblo entero hace caso omiso del hombre que haya entregado alguno de sus hijos a Moloc y no lo condena a muerte, 5yo mismo me pondré en contra de él y de su familia; eliminaré del pueblo a ese hombre y a todos los que se hayan prostituido con él, siguiendo a Moloc.
6»También me pondré en contra de quien acuda a un médium o a los espiritistas y por seguirlos se prostituya. Lo eliminaré de su pueblo.
7»Conságrense a mí y sean santos, porque yo soy el Señor su Dios. 8Obedezcan mis estatutos y pónganlos por obra. Yo soy el Señor, el que los consagra.
9»Si alguien maldice a su padre o a su madre, será condenado a muerte: ha maldecido a su padre o a su madre, y será responsable de su propia muerte.
10»Si alguien comete adulterio con la mujer de su prójimo, tanto el adúltero como la adúltera serán condenados a muerte.
11»Si alguien se acuesta con la mujer de su padre, deshonra a su padre. Tanto el hombre como la mujer serán condenados a muerte, de la cual ellos mismos serán responsables.
12»Si alguien se acuesta con su nuera, hombre y mujer serán condenados a muerte. Han cometido un acto depravado, y ellos mismos serán responsables de su propia muerte.
13»Si alguien se acuesta con otro hombre como quien se acuesta con una mujer, comete un acto abominable y los dos serán condenados a muerte, de la cual ellos mismos serán responsables.
14»Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con hija y madre, comete un acto depravado. Tanto él como ellas morirán quemados, para que no haya tal depravación entre ustedes.
15»Si alguien tiene trato sexual con un animal, será condenado a muerte, y se matará también al animal.
16»Si una mujer tiene trato sexual con un animal, se dará muerte a ambos, y ellos serán responsables de su muerte.
17»Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con una hermana suya, comete un acto vergonzoso y los dos serán ejecutados en público. Ha deshonrado a su hermana, y sufrirá las consecuencias de su pecado.
18»Si alguien se acuesta con una mujer y tiene relaciones sexuales con ella durante su período menstrual, pone al descubierto su flujo, y también ella expone el flujo de su sangre. Los dos serán eliminados de su pueblo.
19»No tendrás relaciones sexuales ni con tu tía materna ni con tu tía paterna, pues eso significaría la deshonra de un pariente cercano y los dos sufrirían las consecuencias de su pecado.
20»Si alguien se acuesta con su tía, deshonra a su tío, y los dos sufrirán las consecuencias de su pecado: morirán sin tener descendencia.
21»Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con la esposa de su hermano, comete un acto de impureza: ha deshonrado a su hermano, y los dos se quedarán sin descendencia.
22»Cumplan todos mis estatutos y leyes; obedézcanlas, para que no los vomite la tierra adonde los llevo a vivir. 23No vivan según las costumbres de las naciones que por amor a ustedes voy a expulsar. Porque ellas hicieron todas estas cosas, y yo las aborrecí. 24Pero a ustedes les digo: “Poseerán la tierra que perteneció a esas naciones, tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel. Yo mismo la daré a ustedes como herencia”. Yo soy el Señor su Dios que los he distinguido entre las demás naciones.
25»Por consiguiente, también ustedes deben distinguir entre los animales puros y los impuros, y entre las aves puras y las impuras. No se hagan detestables ustedes mismos por causa de animales, de aves o de cualquier alimaña que se arrastra por el suelo, pues yo se los he señalado como impuros. 26Sean ustedes santos porque yo, el Señor, soy santo y los he distinguido entre las demás naciones, para que sean míos.
27»Cualquiera de ustedes, hombre o mujer, que sea médium o espiritista será condenado a muerte. Morirá apedreado y será responsable de su propia muerte».
