## Onkelos Leviticus Chapter 20

###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:1
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:1)

וּמַלִּיל יְיָ עִם משֶׁה לְמֵימָר:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Adonoy spoke to Moshe, saying:


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:2
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:2)

וְעִם בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל תֵּימַר גְּבַר גְּבַר מִבְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וּמִין גִּיּוֹרָא **דְּיִתְגַּיְרוּן** בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל דִּי יִתֵּן מִזַּרְעֵיהּ לְמוֹלֶךְ אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל עַמָּא **בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל** יִרְגְּמֻנֵּיהּ בְּאַבְנָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And to Bnei Yisrael you shall say: that each and every man of Bnei Yisroel and from the proselytes that reside [**convert**] in Israel, who will give any of his children to *Molech*, [that] he shall surely be put to death; the people of the land [**House of Israel**] shall stone him to death.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:3
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:3)

וַאֲנָא אֶתֵּן יָת רוּגְזִי בְּגַבְרָא הַהוּא וֶאֱשֵׁיצֵי יָתֵיהּ מִגּוֹ עַמֵּיהּ אֲרֵי מִזַּרְעֵיהּ יְהַב לְמוֹלֶךְ בְּדִיל לְסָאֲבָא יָת מַקְדְּשִׁי וּלְאַחַלָּא יָת שְׁמָא דְקוּדְשִׁי:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I shall direct My wrath on that man and I shall cut him off from among his people, for he gave of his children to *Molech*, in order to defile My Sanctuary and profane My Holy Name.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:4
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:4)

וְאִם מִכְבַּשׁ יִכְבְּשׁוּן עַמָּא **בֵית יִשְׂרָאֵל** יָת עֵינֵיהוֹן מִן גַּבְרָא הַהוּא בִּדְיָהֵב מִזַּרְעֵיהּ לְמוֹלֶךְ בְּדִיל דְּלָא לְקַטָּלָא יָתֵיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If the people of the land [**House of Israel**] will hide their eyes from that person, when he gives of his children to *Molech*, and they do not put him to death.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:5
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:5)

וֶאֱשַׁוֵּי אֲנָא יָת רוּגְזִי בְּגַבְרָא הַהוּא **וּבִסְעָדוֹהִי** וֶאֱשֵׁיצֵי יָתֵיהּ וְיָת כָּל דְּטָעָן בַּתְרוֹהִי לְמִטְעֵי בָּתַר מוֹלֶךְ מִגּוֹ עַמְּהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
I shall set My wrath against that man and his family [**supporters**]; I shall cut him off, along with all those who go astray after him to go astray after *Molech*, [they will be cut off] from among their people.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:6
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:6)

וֶאֱנַשׁ דִּי יִתְפְּנֵי בָּתַר בִּדִּין וּדְכוּרוּ לְמִטְעֵי בַתְרֵיהוֹן וְאֶתֵּן יָת רוּגְזִי בַּאֲנָשָׁא הַהִיא וֶאֱשֵׁיצֵי יָתֵיהּ מִגּוֹ עַמֵּיהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The person who turns to mediums and oracles to stray after them; I shall direct My wrath against that person and cut him off from among his people.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:7
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:7)

וְתִתְקַדְּשׁוּן וּתְהוֹן קַדִּישִׁין אֲרֵי אֲנָא יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall sanctify yourselves and be holy for I am Adonoy, your God.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:8
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:8)

וְתִטְּרוּן יָת קְיָמַי וְתַעְבְּדוּן יָתְהוֹן אֲנָא יְיָ מְקַדִּשְׁכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You must keep My statutes and do [observe] them. I am Adonoy who sanctifies you.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:9
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:9)

אֲרֵי גְבַר גְּבַר דִּי יְלוּט יָת אֲבוּהִי וְיָת אִמֵּיהּ אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל אֲבוּהִי וְאִמֵּיהּ לַט **קְטָלָא חַיָּב**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
Any man that curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. [Since] he has cursed his father or mother, his blood is on him [**he is liable to the death penalty**].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:10
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:10)

וּגְבַר דִּי יְגוּף יָת אִתַּת גְּבַר דִּי יְגוּף יָת אִתַּת חַבְרֵיהּ אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל גַּיָּפָא וְגַיַּפְתָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who commits adultery with another mans wife who commits adultery with the wife of his fellow man—they shall surely be put to death—the adulterer and the adulteress.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:11
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:11)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִשְׁכּוּב עִם אִתַּת אֲבוּהִי עֶרְיְתָא דַאֲבוּהִי גַּלִּי אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקַטְּלוּן תַּרְוֵיהוֹן **קְטָלָא חַיָּבִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who will lie [conjugally] with his fathers wife has uncovered his fathers nakedness; they both shall surely be put to death, their blood is on them [**they are liable to the death penalty**].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:12
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:12)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִשְׁכּוּב יָת כַּלְּתֵיהּ אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקַטְּלוּן תַּרְוֵיהוֹן תִּבְלָא עֲבָדוּ **קְטָלָא חַיָּבִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who will lie [conjugally] with his daughter-in-law; they both shall surely be put to death they have committed an act of perversion, their blood is on them [**they are liable to the death penalty**].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:13
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:13)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִשְׁכּוּב יָת דְּכוּרָא מִשְׁכְּבֵי אִתְּתָא תּוֹעֶבְתָּא עֲבָדוּ תַּרְוֵיהוֹן אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקַטְּלוּן **קְטָלָא חַיָּבִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who will lie [conjugally] with [another] man, in the same manner as with a woman; they both have committed an abominable act, they shall surely be put to death, their blood is on them [**they are liable to the death penalty**].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:14
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:14)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִסַּב יָת אִתְּתָא וְיָת אִמַּהּ **עֵצַת חִטְאִין** הִיא בְּנוּרָא יוֹקְדוּן יָתֵיהּ וְיָתְהֶן וְלָא תְהֵי **עֵצַת חִטְאִין** בֵּינֵיכוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who marries a woman and her mother; it is lewdness [**a sinful plan**]. They shall be burned in fire, he and [one of] them, and there will no longer be such lewdness [**a sinful plan**] among you.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:15
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:15)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִתֵּן שְׁכָבְתֵּיהּ בִּבְעִירָא אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקְטֵל וְיָת בְּעִירָא תִּקְטְלוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who lies [conjugally] with an animal shall surely be put to death, and you shall also kill the animal.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:16
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:16)

וְאִתְּתָא דִּי תִקְרַב לְכָל בְּעִירָא **לְמִשְׁלַט בַּהּ** וְתִקְטוֹל יָת אִתְּתָא וְיָת בְּעִירָא אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקַטְּלוּן **קְטָלָא חַיָּבִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A woman who presents herself to an animal causing it to copulate with her [**control her**]; you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be killed, their blood is on them [**they are liable to the death penalty**].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:17
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:17)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִסַּב יָת אֲחָתֵיהּ בַּת אֲבוּהִי אוֹ בַת אִמֵּיהּ וְיֶחֱזֵי יָת עֶרְיְתַהּ וְהִיא תֶחֱזֵי יָת עֶרְיְתֵיהּ קְלָנָא הוּא וְיִשְׁתֵּיצוּן לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי עַמְּהוֹן עֶרְיַת אֲחָתֵיהּ גַּלִּי חוֹבֵיהּ יְקַבֵּל:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who marries his sister, either his fathers daughter or his mothers daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness; it is a shameful perversion. They shall be cut off before their people he has uncovered the nakedness of his sister, he shall bear [the burden of] his iniquity.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:18
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:18)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִשְׁכּוּב יָת אִתְּתָא **סוֹאֲבָתָא** וִיגַלִּי יָת עֶרְיְתַהּ יָת **קְלָנַהּ** גַּלִּי וְהִיא תְגַלֵּי יָת **סוֹאֲבַת** דְּמָהָא וְיִשְׁתֵּיצוּן תַּרְוֵיהוֹן מִגּוֹ עַמְּהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who will lie [conjugally] with a menstruating [**an impure**] woman and uncover her nakedness and uncover her source [womb] [**shameful perversion**] and she has uncovered the source [**impurity**] of her blood; they shall both be cut off from among their people.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:19
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:19)

וְעֶרְיַת אֲחַת אִמָּךְ וַאֲחַת אָבוּךְ לָא תְגַלֵּי אֲרֵי יָת קָרִיבֵיהּ גַּלִּי חוֹבְהֶן יְקַבְּלוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
The nakedness of your mothers sister and of your fathers sister, you shall not uncover, for the nakedness of his close kin he will have bared they shall bear [the burden of] their iniquity.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:20
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:20)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִשְׁכּוּב יָת **אִתַּת אַח אֲבוּהִי** עֶרְיַת **אַח אֲבוּהִי** גַּלִּי חוֹבְהֶן יְקַבְּלוּן בְּלָא וְלָד יְמוּתוּן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who will lie [conjugally] with his aunt [**father’s brother’s wife**] has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle [**father’s brother**] they will bear [the burden of] their sin and they will die without children.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:21
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:21)

וּגְבַר דִּי יִסַּב יָת אִתַּת אֲחוּהִי מְרָחָקָא הִיא עֶרְיְתָא דַאֲחוּהִי גַּלִּי בְּלָא וְלָד יְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
A man who will marry his brothers wife who must be [conjugally] avoided [by him]; he has uncovered his brothers nakedness, they shall die without children.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:22
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:22)

וְתִטְּרוּן יָת כָּל קְיָמַי וְיָת כָּל דִּינַי וְתַעְבְּדוּן יָתְהוֹן וְלָא תְרוֹקֵן יָתְכוֹן אַרְעָא דִּי אֲנָא מַעֵיל יָתְכוֹן תַּמָּן לְמִתַּב בַּהּ:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall keep all of My statutes and all of My laws and do (observe) them [so that] you will not be expelled by the land to which I am bringing you there to reside therein.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:23
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:23)

וְלָא תְהָכוּן בְּנִימוֹסֵי עַמְמַיָּא דִּי אֲנָא מַגְלֵי מִן קֳדָמֵיכוֹן אֲרֵי יָת כָּל אִלֵּין עֲבָדוּ **וְרָחִיק מֵימְרִי** יָתְהוֹן:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall not follow the customs of the nation which I am expelling before you. For they have done all these above mentioned sins and I became disgusted with [**my Word distanced**] them.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:24
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:24)

וַאֲמָרִית לְכוֹן אַתּוּן תִּירְתוּן יָת אַרְעֲהוֹן וַאֲנָא אֶתְּנִנַּהּ לְכוֹן לְמֵירַת יָתַהּ אַרְעָא **עָבְדָא** חֲלָב וּדְבָשׁ אֲנָא יְיָ אֱלָהָכוֹן דִּי אַפְרֵשִׁית יָתְכוֹן מִן עַמְמַיָּא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
And I have said to you [that] you shall inherit their land, and I shall give it to you that you may inherit it, a land flowing with [**producing**] milk and honey, I am Adonoy, your God who separated you from the [other] peoples.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:25
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:25)

וְתַפְרְשׁוּן בֵּין בְּעִירָא דַכְיָא לִמְסָאָבָא וּבֵין עוֹפָא מְסָאָבָא לִדְכֵי וְלָא תְשַׁקְּצוּן יָת נַפְשָׁתֵיכוֹן בִּבְעִירָא וּבְעוֹפָא וּבְכֹל דִּי תַרְחֵשׁ אַרְעָא דִּי אַפְרֵשִׁית לְכוֹן לְסָאָבָא:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall distinguish between a [ritually] clean animal and a unclean one, between the unclean fowl and the clean one. Do not make yourselves disgusting through the animals, fowl or through any creature that creeps on the ground which I have distinguished for you as being unclean.


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:26
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:26)

וּתְהוֹן **קֳדָמַי** קַדִּישִׁין אֲרֵי קַדִּישׁ אֲנָא יְיָ וְאַפְרֵשִׁית יָתְכוֹן מִן עַמְמַיָּא לְמֶהֱוֵי **פָלְחִין קֳדָמָי**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
You shall be holy to [**before**] Me, for I, Adonoy, am holy and I have distinguished you from the [other] peoples to be Mine [and to serve Me] [**be worshippers before Me**].


###### Onkelos Leviticus 20:27
[Onkelos Leviticus 20:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Onkelos%20Leviticus/r/20:27)

וּגְבַר אוֹ אִתְּתָא אֲרֵי יְהֵי בְהוֹן בִּדִּין אוֹ דְּכוּר אִתְקְטָלָא יִתְקַטְּלוּן בְּאַבְנָא יִרְגְּמוּן יָתְהוֹן **קְטָלָא חַיָּבִין**:

**Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]:**
If among the men or women there will be a medium or an oracle they shall surely be put to death. You shall stone them to death, their blood is on them [**they are liable to the death penalty**].