Leviticus 20: 10-21, “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. 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. 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. f 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. 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. And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.”
It is important to put this section into context. When the Lord created Adam and Eve, He created them to be in partnership so that they could be complementary and help each other. The purpose of their sexual relationship was to obey the Lord’s command to be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth. When they came together they were joined in their souls. If two people are joined in their souls they will be emotionally damaged if they are forced apart. At least one person will badly hurt in the process. If a person is involved in a sexual relationship purely for pleasure and not for a relationship of mutual support then that person becomes very self centred and unable to form proper relationships. They look only to the satisfaction of their lust and they become debased with selfishness. This will happen to a whole nations that tolerates this kind of behaviour. This was one of the major reasons why the people of the Land lost their possession of the Land to Israel. They had completely debased the Land. Sexual relationships with close relatives will also lead to inbreeding and disabled children. The Lord said that all these things should be banned because He didn’t want Israel to be debased but to remain a shining light of the Lord’s goodness to all the nations so that they would be drawn to Him.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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