Consecrate yourselves and be holy, for I am the Lord your God. Keep my statutes and do them; I am the Lord who sets you apart.

Family and Sexual Offenses

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.(A) He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 20:9 Lit his blood on him

“‘Consecrate yourselves(A) and be holy,(B) because I am the Lord your God.(C) Keep my decrees(D) and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.(E)

“‘Anyone who curses their father(F) or mother(G) is to be put to death.(H) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(I)

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