¹⁰ “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife^(A)—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.^(B)

⁴ and said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery. ⁵ In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such women.^(A) Now what do you say?”

²⁰ “‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife^(A) and defile yourself with her.

⁴⁵ But righteous judges will sentence them to the punishment of women who commit adultery and shed blood,^(A) because they are adulterous and blood is on their hands.^(B)

⁴⁶ “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Bring a mob^(C) against them and give them over to terror and plunder.^{(D) 47} The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords; they will kill their sons and daughters^(E) and burn^(F) down their houses.^(G)

¹³ Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned^(A) against the Lord.”

Nathan replied, “The Lord has taken away^(B) your sin.^(C) You are not going to die.^(D)

²² If a man is found sleeping with another man’s wife, both the man who slept^(A) with her and the woman must die.^(B) You must purge the evil from Israel.

²³ If a man happens to meet in a town a virgin pledged to be married and he sleeps with her, ²⁴ you shall take both of them to the gate of that town and stone them to death—the young woman because she was in a town and did not scream for help, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.^(C)