Leviticuschapter 20
27 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law
Original Language
Leviticus 20— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
In Jewish life
Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 20. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.
The reading
Weekly portion 30 of 54
קְדֹשִׁים Kedoshim, Leviticus 19:1 to 20:27
Read with it: Amos 9:7 to 9:15 in Ashkenazi use, and Ezekiel 20:2 to 20:20 in Sephardi use.
The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →
Where the rabbis cite this chapter
2 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 2 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
Molech's altar and those who turn to spirits1
Leviticus 20:1· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:2· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:3· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:4· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:5· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:6· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:7· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:8· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Sins that cost a life9
Leviticus 20:9· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Leviticus 20:10
ואיש AND THE MAN [THAT COMMITTETH ADULERY SHALL SURELY BE PUT TO DEATH] — a man, thus excluding a minor (Sifra, Kedoshim, Chapter 10 8).
Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934
Leviticus 20:11· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:12· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:13· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Rashi on Leviticus 20:13
משכבי אשה means he inserts as a brush into a tube [i.e. in the manner of marital intercourse].
Read it in full at Sefaria · Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934
Leviticus 20:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:16· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Shameful unions and their barrenness17
Leviticus 20:17· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:18· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:19· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:20· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:21· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Be separate, as I separated you22
Leviticus 20:22· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:23· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:24· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:25· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:26· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
Leviticus 20:27· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible
