[Linux4christians] Wednesday - Leviticus 20

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    Wednesday


      Leviticus 20


Prohibitions against Illegitimate Family Worship

20:1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 20:2 "You are to say to the Israelites, 
'Any man from the Israelites or from the foreigners who reside in Israel 
who gives any of his children to Molech must be put to death; the people 
of the land must pelt him with stones. 20:3 I myself will set my face 
against that man and cut him off from the midst of his people, because 
he has given some of his children to Molech and thereby defiled my 
sanctuary and profaned my holy name. 20:4 If, however, the people of the 
land shut their eyes to that man when he gives some of his children to 
Molech so that they do not put him to death, 20:5 I myself will set my 
face against that man and his clan. I will cut off from the midst of 
their people both him and all who follow after him in spiritual 
prostitution, to commit prostitution by worshiping Molech.

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums

20:6 "'The person who turns to the spirits of the dead and familiar 
spirits to commit prostitution by going after them, I will set my face 
against that person and cut him off from the midst of his people.

Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience

20:7 "'You must sanctify yourselves and be holy, because I am the Lord 
your God. 20:8 You must be sure to obey my statutes. I am the Lord who 
sanctifies you.

Family Life and Sexual Prohibitions

20:9 "'If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death. 
He has cursed his father and mother; his blood guilt is on himself. 
20:10 If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the 
adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 20:11 If a man has 
sexual intercourse with his father's wife, he has exposed his father's 
nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on 
themselves. 20:12 If a man has sexual intercourse with his 
daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed 
perversion; their blood guilt is on themselves. 20:13 If a man has 
sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual intercourse with a 
woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put 
to death; their blood guilt is on themselves. 20:14 If a man has sexual 
intercourse with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he 
and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst. 
20:15 If a man has sexual intercourse with any animal, he must be put to 
death, and you must kill the animal. 20:16 If a woman approaches any 
animal to have sexual intercourse with it, you must kill the woman, and 
the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

20:17 "'If a man has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether the 
daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and 
she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the 
sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister's 
nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity. 20:18 If a man has 
sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, 
he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain 
of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their 
people. 20:19 You must not expose the nakedness of your mother's sister 
and your father's sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close 
relative. They must bear their punishment for iniquity. 20:20 If a man 
has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle's 
nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die 
childless. 20:21 If a man has sexual intercourse with his brother's 
wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother's nakedness; they will 
be childless.

Exhortation to Holiness and Obedience

20:22 "'You must be sure to obey all my statutes and regulations, so 
that the land to which I am about to bring you to take up residence 
there does not vomit you out. 20:23 You must not walk in the statutes of 
the nation which I am about to drive out before you, because they have 
done all these things and I am filled with disgust against them. 20:24 
So I have said to you: You yourselves will possess their land and I 
myself will give it to you for a possession, a land flowing with milk 
and honey. I am the Lord your God who has set you apart from the other 
peoples. 20:25 Therefore you must distinguish between the clean animal 
and the unclean, and between the unclean bird and the clean, and you 
must not make yourselves detestable by means of an animal or bird or 
anything that creeps on the ground -- creatures I have distinguished for 
you as unclean. 20:26 You must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am 
holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.

Prohibition against Spiritists and Mediums

20:27 "'A man or woman who has in them a spirit of the dead or a 
familiar spirit must be put to death. They must pelt them with stones; 
their blood guilt is on themselves.'"




      Prayer


Lord, may the influences of witchcraft never be found in my home or 
anywhere else where I have authority.



      Commentary


The Lord God reiterated His prohibition against the sacrifice of 
children to the false god Molech. He added that if family (clan) members 
knew of one who was doing this and did nothing -- the punishment was 
death - the whole family was guilty and would be removed from the 
covenant with God.

He uses the term "spiritual prostitution" for those who sacrificed 
children to Molech as well as for those who sought-after the spirits of 
the dead and familiar spirits. This term must have been jarring for the 
Israelites to hear as in their culture a prostitute was to be shunned.

He reiterates guidelines for right-living on matters of respect and 
sexual relations:

/If anyone curses his father and mother he must be put to death./

/If a man commits adultery with his neighbor's wife, both the adulterer 
and the adulteress must be put to death./

/If a man has sexual intercourse with his father's wife ... Both of them 
must be put to death/

/If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them 
must be put to death./

/If a man has sexual intercourse with a male as one has sexual 
intercourse with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. 
They must be put to death/

/If a man has sexual intercourse with both a woman and her mother ... 
Both he and they must be burned to death/

/If a man has sexual intercourse with any animal, he must be put to 
death, and you must kill the animal./

/If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual intercourse with it, 
you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death/

/If a man has sexual intercourse with his sister, whether the daughter 
of his father or his mother ... They must be cut off in the sight of the 
children of their people./

/If a man has sexual intercourse with a menstruating woman and uncovers 
her nakedness ... both of them must be cut off from the midst of their 
people./

/You must not expose the nakedness of your mother's sister and your 
father's sister, for such a person has laid bare his own close relative. 
They must bear their punishment for iniquity./

/If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has exposed his 
uncle's nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they 
will die childless./

/If a man has sexual intercourse with his brother's wife, it is 
indecency. He has exposed his brother's nakedness; they will be childless./



      Interaction


        Consider this:

Witchcraft in its many forms were ways to worship the enemy instead of 
God, therefore God continuously stressed His prohibition against it.


        Discuss this:

How serious must have been the problem of incest and bestiality that God 
found it necessary to repeat His prohibitions?



        Reflect on this:

The sexual sins that are listed would have created both genetic problems 
and psycho-social problems within Israelite society.


        Share this:

Has the Holy Spirit led you to recognize subtle elements of witchcraft 
in your church or home that you had not previously recognized as such? 
When you asked about them what was the reaction?



      Faith in Action


        Prayer:

Ask the Holy Spirit to reveal to you any place in your relationships 
where the enemy is tempting you to even think of any of the sexual sins 
listed in today's text.



        Action:

Today I will repent of anything associate with witchcraft and any 
thoughts that the enemy has stimulated in me toward any of the sins in 
today's text. As necessary I will ask a spiritually mature fellow 
believer to pray in-agreement and in confidence for these things to be 
an abomination to me as they are to the Lord God.


        Be Specific ______________________________________________________




    Thursday's text will be:


      Leviticus 21-24:9



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