Pecados terribles
1 Dios ordenó a Moisés 2-3 que les diera a los israelitas las siguientes instrucciones:
«Si algún israelita o extranjero que viva en el país, presenta sus hijos como ofrenda al dios Moloc me ofende, y tendrá que enfrentarse conmigo, pues no ha respetado mi santuario. Será condenado a muerte y así lo eliminaré del pueblo. 4 Si no lo matan a pedradas, 5 yo mismo castigaré a esa persona junto con su familia, y lo eliminaré de Israel. Y no solo a él sino a todos los que adoren al dios Moloc.
6 »Si alguien consulta a los que dicen que hablan con los muertos, me enojaré y le quitaré la vida.
7-8 »Vivan solo para mí; sean diferentes y cumplan mis mandamientos. Yo soy el Dios de Israel; ustedes me pertenecen.
9 »Si alguien maldice a su padre o a su madre, será condenado a muerte.
10 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con la mujer de otro hombre, será condenado a muerte junto con la mujer.
11 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con la mujer de su padre, será condenado a muerte junto con la mujer. Será como si hubiera tenido relaciones sexuales con su propio padre.
12 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con su nuera, será condenado a muerte junto con la mujer, pues es un pecado terrible.
13 »Si un hombre tiene relaciones sexuales con otro hombre, los dos serán condenados a muerte.
14 »Si alguien toma como esposas a la madre y a la hija, comete un pecado terrible. Los tres serán condenados a morir quemados. Así nadie más volverá a hacer lo mismo.
15-16 »Si un hombre o una mujer tienen relaciones sexuales con un animal, serán condenados a muerte, y también deberá matarse al animal.
17 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con su hermana comete un terrible pecado, y deberá responder por su maldad. En presencia de todos los israelitas, los dos serán expulsados del país.
18 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con una mujer en período de menstruación, los dos serán expulsados del país.
19 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con su tía, los dos deberán ser castigados, pues son de la misma familia.
20 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con la mujer de su tío, ni él ni ella tendrán hijos, pues él ha puesto en vergüenza a su tío.
21 »Si alguien tiene relaciones sexuales con su cuñada, comete un pecado terrible, y ni él ni ella tendrán hijos.
Vale la pena obedecer a Dios
22 »Si ustedes cumplen mis mandamientos, yo jamás los expulsaré del territorio que les voy a dar como su propio país. 23 Solo que ustedes no deberán comportarse como lo hacen los pueblos que ahora viven allí, pues por sus malas acciones me hicieron enojar. 24 Por eso yo les voy a dar a ustedes el territorio donde ellos viven ahora. Ese lugar es tan rico que allí ustedes siempre tendrán abundancia de alimentos.
25-26 »Yo soy el Dios de Israel. Yo los aparté de los otros pueblos para que ustedes sean mi propio pueblo. Por eso deberán distinguir entre los animales puros y los impuros, y no volverse impuros por tocar a los impuros. Ustedes deberán ser diferentes, porque yo soy el Dios de Israel, y soy un Dios diferente.
27 »Si alguien, hombre o mujer, consulta a los muertos o practica la adivinación, deberán matarlo a pedradas».
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 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 Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will 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. 4 And if the 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: 5 Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
6 ¶ And the soul that turneth after such as have familiar spirits, and after wizards, to go a whoring after them, I will even set my face against that soul, and will cut him off from among his people.
7 ¶ Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy: for I am the LORD your God. 8 And ye shall keep my statutes, and do them: I am the LORD which sanctify you.
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; his blood shall be upon him.
10 ¶ And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you. 15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity. 18 And if a man shall lie with a woman having her sickness, and shall uncover her nakedness; he hath discovered her fountain, and she hath uncovered the fountain of her blood: and both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother’s sister, nor of thy father’s sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity. 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 childless. 21 And if a man shall take his brother’s wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother’s nakedness; they shall be childless.
22 ¶ Ye shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: that the land, whither I bring you to dwell therein, spue you not out. 23 And ye shall not walk in the manners of the nation, which I cast out before you: for they committed all these things, and therefore I abhorred them. 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 floweth with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, which have separated you from other people. 25 Ye shall therefore put difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean fowls and clean: and ye shall not make your souls 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. 26 And ye shall be holy unto me: for I the LORD am holy, and have severed you from other people, that ye should be mine.
27 ¶ A man also or woman that hath a familiar spirit, or that is a wizard, shall surely be put to death: they shall stone them with stones: their blood shall be upon them.