Lev 20:10-18 | KingComments | STEP | The sins in these verses are sins to one’s neighbor, but also to oneself. By committing these sins, God’s order of creation is trampled underfoot. They are cases of incest and unnatural sexual intercourse and sexual perversity. The list of the most terrible sins is preceded by that of cursing the father or the mother ( ). That is not for nothing. It’s not about once cursing parents, how bad that already is, but wishing them evil. It is an attitude of revolt, which does not want to acknowledge God’s authority in the parents. This paves the way for every conceivable atrocity. Atrocities are the result of the unrestrained following of one’s own will with the rejection of all authority. It is not only the lack of respect, but the conscious cursing of the parents. That reveals a corrupt will. Anyone who does so takes blood guilt on himself and must be killed. The cases that follow in and to which the death penalty should be applied are: 1. Adultery. 2. Sexual intercourse with his father’s wife. 3. Sexual intercourse with the daughter-in-law. 4. Homosexual intercourse. 5. Sexual intercourse with a woman and her mother (the death penalty is carried out here by burning or it is to be understood that after the death penalty the bodies are burned). 6. Sexual intercourse of a man or a woman with an animal. 7. Sexual intercourse of a man with his half-sister (penalty: public execution). 8. Sexual intercourse with a woman who has menstruation. Sexual intercourse with his father’s wife is the sin of Reuben ( ). At that time this law was not yet there and it does not cost him his life. He does lose his birthright through it ( ). The adulterer in the church in Corinth also committed this sin ( ). The spiritual death penalty – excommunication – is applied to him ( ). There follows the case of sexual intercourse with an aunt and a sister-in-law ( ). The death penalty is not pronounced, but it is declared that they will bear their iniquity. The guilt will continue to rest on them, without any possibility of cleansing by offering. The punishment is childlessness, with which God Himself takes up the judgment of this sin ( ).

‏ Leviticus 20:10-18

Sexual Sins

The sins in these verses are sins to one’s neighbor, but also to oneself. By committing these sins, God’s order of creation is trampled underfoot. They are cases of incest and unnatural sexual intercourse and sexual perversity.

The list of the most terrible sins is preceded by that of cursing the father or the mother (Lev 20:9). That is not for nothing. It’s not about once cursing parents, how bad that already is, but wishing them evil. It is an attitude of revolt, which does not want to acknowledge God’s authority in the parents. This paves the way for every conceivable atrocity. Atrocities are the result of the unrestrained following of one’s own will with the rejection of all authority. It is not only the lack of respect, but the conscious cursing of the parents. That reveals a corrupt will. Anyone who does so takes blood guilt on himself and must be killed.

The cases that follow in Lev 20:10-18 and to which the death penalty should be applied are:

1. Adultery.

2. Sexual intercourse with his father’s wife.

3. Sexual intercourse with the daughter-in-law.

4. Homosexual intercourse.

5. Sexual intercourse with a woman and her mother (the death penalty is carried out here by burning or it is to be understood that after the death penalty the bodies are burned).

6. Sexual intercourse of a man or a woman with an animal.

7. Sexual intercourse of a man with his half-sister (penalty: public execution).

8. Sexual intercourse with a woman who has menstruation.

Sexual intercourse with his father’s wife is the sin of Reuben (Gen 35:22). At that time this law was not yet there and it does not cost him his life. He does lose his birthright through it (Gen 49:3-4). The adulterer in the church in Corinth also committed this sin (1Cor 5:1). The spiritual death penalty – excommunication – is applied to him (1Cor 5:13b).

There follows the case of sexual intercourse with an aunt and a sister-in-law (Lev 20:19-21). The death penalty is not pronounced, but it is declared that they will bear their iniquity. The guilt will continue to rest on them, without any possibility of cleansing by offering. The punishment is childlessness, with which God Himself takes up the judgment of this sin (Hos 4:10).