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Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 20

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This is a scholarly parallel-text presentation of Leviticus 20 from the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament, displayed in three versions side by side: the English King James Version (with Strong's concordance numbers interleaved), the Greek Septuagint, and the Hebrew Masoretic Text. The chapter consists of divine legislation delivered through Moses to the Israelites, establishing capital and other penalties for a catalog of prohibited behaviors. The offenses addressed include child sacrifice to the deity Molech, consulting mediums or wizards, cursing parents, adultery, various forms of incest (with a stepmother, daughter-in-law, sister, aunt, or a brother's wife), male same-sex intercourse, taking a wife and her mother simultaneously, and bestiality — with punishments ranging from death by stoning or fire to being "cut off" from the community or dying childless. A distinctive theological framing runs throughout: the laws are grounded not merely in social order but in Israel's call to holiness as a people set apart by God, with the land itself treated as an entity that will "vomit out" inhabitants who violate these norms. The parallel-text format, including Strong's numbers, marks this as a resource for comparative biblical studies or interlinear study rather than devotional reading.

Polyglot Bible: Leviticus: Leviticus 20

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