Family and Sexual Offenses

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.(A) He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.[a]

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  1. 20:9 Lit his blood on him

“‘Anyone who curses their father(A) or mother(B) is to be put to death.(C) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(D)

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11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[a](A) Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 20:11 Lit has uncovered his father’s nakedness
  2. 20:11 Lit their blood on them, also in vv. 12,13,16,27

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)

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