The Lord said to Moses. Leviticus 20 provides the penalty framework for the violations addressed in the previous two chapters: where Leviticus 18 stated the prohibited practices and Leviticus 19 stated the positive ethical requirements, Leviticus 20 assigns specific penalties to the most serious violations. The chapter moves from the ethical description to the legal sanction. The penalties range from death to cut off to various degrees of community sanction. The severity of the penalties communicates the severity of the violations.

COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS

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