Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.

This {is} the law of the house; Upon the top of the mountain the whole limit thereof round about {shall be} most holy. Behold, this {is} the law of the house.

My face will I turn also from them, and they shall pollute my secret {place}: for the robbers shall enter into it, and defile it. {robbers: or, burglers}

But the man that shall be unclean, and shall not purify himself, that soul shall be cut off from among the congregation, because he hath defiled the sanctuary of the LORD: the water of separation hath not been sprinkled upon him; he {is} unclean.

Wherefore, {as} I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish {thee}; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

Moreover this they have done unto me: they have defiled my sanctuary in the same day, and have profaned my sabbaths.

And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.

[A Psalm of Asaph.] O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. {of: or, for}

Our holy and our beautiful house, where our fathers praised thee, is burned up with fire: and all our pleasant things are laid waste.

Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that {is} among them.

Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God {is} holy.

And he was afraid, and said, How dreadful {is} this place! this {is} none other but the house of God, and this {is} the gate of heaven.

And he said, Draw not nigh hither: put off thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place whereon thou standest {is} holy ground.

Lift up thy feet unto the perpetual desolations; {even} all {that} the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.

Thy testimonies are very sure: holiness becometh thine house, O LORD, for ever. {for ever: Heb. to length of days}

Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, {which} I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Her prophets {are} light {and} treacherous persons: her priests have polluted the sanctuary, they have done violence to the law.

But ye {are} a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, an holy nation, a peculiar people; that ye should shew forth the praises of him who hath called you out of darkness into his marvellous light: {peculiar: or, purchased} {praises: or, virtues}

And ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation. These {are} the words which thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel.

Thus shall ye separate the children of Israel from their uncleanness; that they die not in their uncleanness, when they defile my tabernacle that {is} among them.

Likewise also these {filthy} dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities.

And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into an house, and would have no man know {it}: but he could not be hid.

Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:

And whatsoever soul {it be} that doeth any work in that same day, the same soul will I destroy from among his people.