Leviticus
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Intolerance in Leviticus

  1. Two of the sons of Aaron "offered strange fire before the Lord" and "there went out fire from the Lord, and devoured them, and they died before the Lord." 10:1-2

  2. God "put the plague of leprosy" into the houses of the Canaanites. 14:34

  3. Homosexual acts are an abomination to God. 18:22

  4. Don't eat anything with blood, observe times, round the corners of your head, mar the corners of your beard, make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, or print any marks on you. 19:26-28

  5. Stay away from wizards and people with familiar spirits. 19:31

  6. Stay away from people with familiar spirits and don't "go a whoring" after them either. 20:6

  7. If a man has sex with another man, kill them both. 20:13

  8. People with "familiar spirits" (witches, fortune tellers, etc.) are to be stoned to death.  20:27

  9. Handicapped people cannot approach the altar of God. They would "profane" it. 21:16-23

  10. No stranger or slave can "eat of the holy thing." 22:10, 13

  11. If a priest's daughter marries "a stranger" she can't eat any holy things. 22:12

  12. Don't do any work on the day of atonement or God will destroy you. 23:29-30

  13. A man curses and blasphemes while disputing with another man. Moses asks God what to do about it. God says that the whole community must stone him to death. "And the children of Israel did as the Lord and Moses commanded." 24:10-23

  14. God tells the Israelites to make slaves out of their neighbors and their families. The "heathens" and "strangers" are to be their possessions forever. 25:44-46

  15. God describes the torments that he has planned for those who displease him. The usual stuff: plagues, burning fevers that will consume the eyes, etc. but he reserves the worst for the little children. He says "ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it," "I will send wild beasts among you, which shall rob you of your children," and "ye shall eat the flesh of your sons and daughters." 26:16-39

  16. Anyone who blasphemes or curses shall be stoned to death by the entire community. 24:16