1Adonai spoke to Moses [Drawn out], saying,

2“Moreover, you shall tell the children of Israel [God prevails], ‘Anyone of the children of Israel [God prevails], or of the strangers who live as foreigners in Israel [God prevails], who gives any of his offspring to Molech; he shall surely be put to death. The people of the land shall stone him with stones.

3I also will set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people because he has given of his offspring to Molech, to defile my sanctuary and profane את my holy name.

4If the people of the land all hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his offspring to Molech, and don’t put him to death;

5then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all who play the prostitute after him, to play the prostitute with Molech, from among their people.

6“‘The person that turns to those who are mediums, and to the wizards, to play the prostitute after them, I will even set my face against that person, and will cut him off from among his people.

7“‘Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am Yahweh M’Kaddesh [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes you holy]. (RY:7, LY:6)

8You shall keep my regulations, and do them. I am Yahweh M’Kaddesh [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes you holy].

9“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death: ¹⁶⁸he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

10¹⁶⁹“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, that is with the wife of a fellow countryman, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. ¹⁷⁰¹⁷¹

11“‘The man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

12“‘If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have committed a perversion; their blood shall be upon them.

13“‘If a man lies with a male, as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

14“‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: ¹⁷²they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.

15“‘If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.

16“‘If a woman approaches any animal, and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

17“‘If a man takes his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness; it is a chesed ·disgraceful· thing. They shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his depravity (moral evil).

18“‘If a man lies with a woman having her monthly period, and uncovers her nakedness; he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.

19“‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister; for he has made his close relative naked. They shall bear their depravity (moral evil).

20If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered his dod ·uncle’s· nakedness. They shall bear their crime deserving peanlty, sin ·missing the goal·. They shall die childless.

21“‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless.

22“‘You shall therefore keep all my regulations, and all my judgments, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out. (LY:7)

23¹⁷³You shall not walk in the regulations and customs of the nations, which I am casting out before you: for they did all these things, and therefore I abhorred them.

24But I have said to you, “You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey.” I am Adonai your God, who has separated you from the peoples. (Maftir ·Conclusion·)

25“‘You shall therefore make a distinction between the clean animal and the unclean, and between the unclean fowl and the clean: and you shall not make yourselves detestable by animal, or by bird, or by anything with which the ground teems, which I have separated from you as unclean for you.

26You shall be holy to me; for I, Adonai, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.

27“‘A man or a woman that is a spirit-medium, or is a sorcerer, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones. Their blood shall be upon them.’”

Haftarah K'doshim ·Taking leave· ·Holy people / Set-apart people·:

'Amos /Amos 9:7-15 (A); Yechezk'el / Ezekiel 20:2-20 (S)

B'rit Hadashah ·New Covenant·: John 7:53-10:21