Honor · Purity · Accountability Every step opens the verse it rests on.
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BeginningThe LORD establishes protected boundaries for family life and community purity.“‘If a man takes his brother’s wife, it is an impurity. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They shall be childless. — Leviticus 20:9–21 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
Honor the LORD’s boundaries
1 Honor parents
Treat parents with reverenceDo not curse father or mother. The chapter gives a severe stated judgment for rejecting this foundation of family life.“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon… — Leviticus 20:9 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
2 Reject forbidden unions
Keep the listed boundariesDo not violate the family, marriage, and bodily boundaries named by the LORD. The chapter states serious consequences.“‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall… — Leviticus 20:10–21 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
3 Accept accountability
Take the commands seriouslyThese commands protect the holiness of Israel’s households and call the community to accountability.“‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you. — Leviticus 20:10–21 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
Honor the LORD’s family boundaries“‘For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon… — Leviticus 20:9–21 · WEB
In the commentarySet Apart from the Peoples
The order of these steps is adapted from the Torah flowcharts published by OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.