Leviticus 20:10
King James Version
10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
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Leviticus 20:10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
10 “If a man commits adultery with the wife of[a] his neighbor, both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death.(A)
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- 20.10 Heb repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of
Leviticus 20:10
English Standard Version
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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- Leviticus 20:10 Hebrew repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of
Leviticus 20:10
New English Translation
10 If a man[a] commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife,[b] both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.
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- Leviticus 20:10 tn Heb “And a man who.” The syntax here and at the beginning of the following verses elliptically mirrors that of v. 9, which justifies the rendering as a conditional clause.
- Leviticus 20:10 tc The reading of the LXX minuscule mss has been followed here (see the BHS footnote a-a). The MT has a dittography, repeating “a man who commits adultery with the wife of” (see the explanation in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 328). The duplication found in the MT is reflected in some English versions, e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV.
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