Le 20:2
20:2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever
     [he be] of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that
     sojourn in Israel, that giveth [any] of his seed unto {a}
     Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the
     land shall stone him with stones.

     (a) By Molech he means any type of idol,
         Le 18:21

Le 20:3
20:3 And I will {b} set my face against that man, and will cut
     him off from among his people; because he hath given of his
     seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my
     holy name.

     (b) Read Le 17:10,18:21.

Le 20:4
20:4 And if the {c} people of the land do any ways hide their
     eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech,
     and kill him not:

     (c) Though the people be negligent to do their duty, and
         defend God's right, yet he will not allow wickedness to
         go unpunished.

Le 20:6
20:6 And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar
     spirits, and after wizards, to go a {d} whoring after them,
     I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him
     off from among his people.

     (d) To esteem sorcerers or conjurers is spiritual whoredom,
         or idolatry.

Le 20:9
20:9 For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall
     be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his
     mother; {e} his blood [shall be] upon him.

     (e) He is worthy to die.

Le 20:14
20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, {f} it [is]
      wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and
      they; that there be no wickedness among you.

      (f) It is an abominable and detestable thing.

Le 20:20
20:20 And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath
      uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their
      sin; they shall die {g} childless.

      (g) They shall be cut off from their people, and their
          children shall be taken as bastards, and not counted
          among the Israelites.

Le 20:21
20:21 And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it [is] an
      unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's {h}
      nakedness; they shall be childless.

      (h) Read Le 18:16.

Le 20:24
20:24 But I have said unto you, Ye shall inherit their land, and
      I will give it unto you to possess it, a land that {i}
      floweth with milk and honey: I [am] the LORD your God,
      which have separated you from [other] people.

      (i) Full of abundance of all things.

Le 20:25
20:25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and
      unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall
      not make your souls {k} abominable by beast, or by fowl,
      or by any manner of living thing that creepeth on the
      ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.

      (k) By eating them contrary to my commandment.



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