11 For that would be a heinous crime;
    that would be an iniquity (A)to be punished by the judges;

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Punishments for Sexual Immorality

10 “If a (A)man commits adultery with the wife of[a] his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:10 Hebrew repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of

28 this also would be (A)an iniquity to be punished by the judges,
    for I would have been false to God above.

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22 (A)“If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. (B)So you shall purge the evil from Israel.

23 “If there is a (C)betrothed virgin, and a man meets her in the city and lies with her, 24 then you shall bring them both out to the gate of that city, and you shall stone them to death with stones, the young woman because she did not cry for help though she was in the city, and the man because he violated his neighbor's wife. (D)So you shall purge the evil from your midst.

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24 About three months later Judah was told, “Tamar your daughter-in-law (A)has been immoral.[a] Moreover, she is pregnant by immorality.”[b] And Judah said, “Bring her out, and (B)let her be burned.”

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 38:24 Or has committed prostitution
  2. Genesis 38:24 Or by prostitution

38 (A)And I will judge you (B)as women who commit adultery and (C)shed blood are judged, and bring upon you the blood of wrath and jealousy.

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29 So is he who goes in to his neighbor's wife;
    none who touches her (A)will go unpunished.
30 People do not despise a thief if he steals
    to (B)satisfy his appetite when he is hungry,
31 but (C)if he is caught, he will pay (D)sevenfold;
    he will give all the goods of his house.
32 He who commits adultery lacks sense;
    he who does it destroys himself.
33 He will get wounds and dishonor,
    and his disgrace will not be wiped away.

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10 Abimelech said, “What is this you have done to us? One of the people might easily have lain with your wife, and (A)you would have brought guilt upon us.”

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Then Abimelech called Abraham and said to him, “What have you done to us? And how have I sinned against you, that you have brought on me and my kingdom a great sin? You have done to me things that ought not to be done.”

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He is not greater in this house than I am, nor has he kept back anything from me except you, because you are his wife. How then can I do this great wickedness and (A)sin against God?”

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