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Leviticus 20 General Notes

Structure and formatting

Punishments for serious sins

This chapter compiles a list of serious sins. The most serious sins are punished by death. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death)

Important figures of speech in this chapter

Euphemism

"To see someone's nakedness" means to live as husband and wife. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)

Metaphor

The phrase "you must carry your own guilt" is a metaphor. It is unknown what this means, but it is possible it indicates a penalty of death.

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