My take on Chapters 18 and 19 from the book of Leviticus and why we're all going to Hell. The scriptures are from the King James version of the Bible. It's the version the Bible that The LDS faith uses. My observations are in green. They are simply what I am concluding and it doesn't mean I agree or understand them.
Chapter 18:
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, I am the LORD your God.
3 After the doings of the land of Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not do: and after the doings of the land of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall ye not do: neither shall ye walk in their ordinances.
4 Ye shall do my judgments, and keep mine ordinances, to walk therein: I am the LORD your God.
5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD.
6 ¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father's nakedness.
9 The nakedness of thy sister, the daughter of thy father, or daughter of thy mother, whether she be born at home, or born abroad, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover.
10 The nakedness of thy son's daughter, or of thy daughter's daughter, even their nakedness thou shalt not uncover: for theirs is thine own nakedness.
11 The nakedness of thy father's wife's daughter, begotten of thy father, she is thy sister, thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
12 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's sister: she is thy father's near kinswoman.
13 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister: for she is thy mother's near kinswoman.
14 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy father's brother, thou shalt not approach to his wife: she is thine aunt.
15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter-in-law: she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.
16 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy brother's wife: it is thy brother's nakedness.
17 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son's daughter, or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Neither shalt thou take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her life time. Sexual molestation and incest in every way shape and for is a very huge sin.
19 ¶ Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her. Adultery is a sin.
21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Homosexuality is an abomination and I'm going to assume that applies to women as well.
23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion. Bestiality is a sin
24 ¶ Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25 and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
27 (for all these abominations have the men of the land done, which were before you, and the land is defiled;)
28 that the land spew not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
29 For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit them shall be cut off from among their people.
30 Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that ye commit not any one of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I am the LORD your God. All of these apply no matter where you are.
Chapter 19:
1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God am holy.
3 Ye shall fear every man his mother, and his father, and keep my sabbaths:
I am the LORD your God. Fear meaning honor and obey your parents in righteousness. On the 7th day God rested. He's commanded we do the same.
4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am the LORD your God. The obviously being the gold calf etc. Coins are molten and the money has become of such importance that it could be argued it is worshiped. I'm not too concerned with the words "In God We Trust" being taken off our currency because they are words. Our actions should show our respect to God.
5 And if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, ye shall offer it at your own will.
6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people. Blood sacrifice was eliminated and made unnecessary through the atonement to Christ.
9 ¶ And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest.
10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather every grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I am the LORD your God. Provide for the poor and needy.
11 ¶ Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another.
12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD. The words "God" and "Jesus Christ" should only be spoken in reverence.
13 ¶ Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbor, neither rob him: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning.
14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumbling block before the blind,but shalt fear thy God: I am the LORD.
15 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment; thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbor. Judge not lest ye be judged. Leave that to God.
16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people; neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbor: I am the LORD. Gossip is a no no.
17 ¶ Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbor, and not suffer sin upon him.
18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself: I am the LORD.
19 ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woolen come upon thee. Okay here we have one I wonder about. Anti-hybrid?
20 ¶ And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged: they shall not be put to death, because she was not free. Adultery is a BAD thing should be punished by the death penalty if you are the woman in the equation.
21 And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, even a ram for a trespass offering.
22 And the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering before the LORD for his sin which he hath done; and the sin which he hath done shall be forgiven him.
23 ¶ And when ye shall come into the land, and shall have planted all manner of trees for food, then ye shall count the fruit thereof as uncircumcised: three years shall it be as uncircumcised unto you: it shall not be eaten of.
24 But in the fourth year all the fruit thereof shall be holy to praise the LORD withal.
25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat of the fruit thereof, that it may yield unto you the increase thereof: I am the LORD your God. That's a pretty obvious weird one.
26 ¶ Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Horoscopes and psychic earrings=bad.
27 Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, neither shalt thou mar the corners of thy beard. No shaving. Suffer through premature balding and the beard to the floor in silence, okay?
28 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you: I am the LORD. No tattoos, piercings, or surgery.
29 ¶ Do not prostitute thy daughter, to cause her to be a whore; lest the land fall to whoredom, and the land become full of wickedness. So in the story of Lot (Sodom and Gomorrah) when he told the men who wanted to have sex with God's messengers he should have just said "No because homosexuality is wrong." WITHOUT offering his daughters instead.
30 Ye shall keep my sabbaths, and reverence my sanctuary: I am the LORD. Sabbath day thing again and you shouldn't be defacing churches, mosques, etc. NOR burning Bibles, the Qur'an, the Book of Mormon or any other books that are considered holy and sacred.
31 ¶ Regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards, to be defiled by them: I am the LORD your God.
32 ¶ Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honor the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I am the LORD. Respect your elders.
33 ¶ And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him.
34 But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt: I am the LORD your God. Arizona's illegal immigration/racial profiling is a sin.
35 ¶ Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in meteyard, in weight, or in measure.
36 Just balances, just weights, a just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye have: I am the LORD your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt.
37 Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the LORD.
So I agree with the majority of this but somethings have changed like blood sacrifice. Homosexuality is a sin, in my opinion and according to my beliefs. But so is judging others. Also, according to Leviticus, shellfish (anything without fins and scales) are an abomination. It's worded the same as homosexuality. It's an abomination. So even with these words from God, I am committing an abomination because I like lobster and shrimp. I'm going to worry more about that than I am who loves who and who is committing abominations because what God ALWAYS talks about is love.
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