³⁰ A man is not to marry his father’s wife; he must not dishonor his father’s bed.^[a](A)

Dealing With a Case of Incest

5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that even pagans do not tolerate: A man is sleeping with his father’s wife.^(A)

⁸ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your father’s wife;^(A) that would dishonor your father.^(B)

¹¹ “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.^(A) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.^(B)

⁸ “‘Later I passed by, and when I looked at you and saw that you were old enough for love, I spread the corner of my garment^(A) over you and covered your naked body. I gave you my solemn oath and entered into a covenant^(B) with you, declares the Sovereign Lord, and you became mine.^(C)

⁹ “Who are you?” he asked.

“I am your servant Ruth,” she said. “Spread the corner of your garment^(A) over me, since you are a guardian-redeemer^[a](B) of our family.”

¹³ God will judge those outside. “Expel the wicked person from among you.”^[a](A)