Leviticus 20:10-21
Christian Standard Bible
10 “If a man commits adultery(A) with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[a](B) Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[b] 12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,(C) both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault. 13 If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman,(D) they have both committed a detestable act.(E) They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. 14 If a man marries[c] a woman and her mother,(F) it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned,(G) so that there will be no depravity among you. 15 If a man has sexual intercourse with[d] an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal. 16 If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal.(H) They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. 17 If a man marries his sister,(I) whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,[e](J) it is a disgrace.(K) They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity. 18 If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood.(L) Both of them are to be cut off from their people. 19 You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister,(M) for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity. 20 If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle;[f](N) they will bear their guilt and die childless. 21 If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.(O) He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother;[g](P) they will be childless.
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- 20:11 Lit has uncovered his father’s nakedness
- 20:11 Lit their blood on them, also in vv. 12,13,16,27
- 20:14 Lit takes, also in vv. 17,21
- 20:15 Lit man gives his emission to
- 20:17 Lit and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness
- 20:20 Lit has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness
- 20:21 Lit has uncovered his brother’s nakedness
Leviticus 20:10-21
Common English Bible
10 If a man commits adultery with a married woman, committing adultery with a neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be executed. 11 If a man has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be executed; their blood is on their own heads. 12 If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own heads. 13 If a man has sexual intercourse with a man as he would with a woman, the two of them have done something detestable. They must be executed; their blood is on their own heads. 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother as well, it is shameful. They will be burned with fire—the man and the two women—so that no such shameful thing will be found among you. 15 If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must be executed and you must kill the animal. 16 If a woman approaches any kind of animal to mate with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must be executed; their blood is on their own heads. 17 If a man marries his sister—his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter—and they have sexual contact with each other, it is a disgrace. They will be cut off in the sight of their people. Such a man has had sexual contact with his sister; he will be liable to punishment. 18 If a man sleeps with a woman during her menstrual period and has sexual contact with her, he has exposed the source of her blood flow and she has uncovered the same. Both of them will be cut off from their people. 19 You must not have sexual contact with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, because that exposes your own close relative; both of you will be liable to punishment. 20 If a man has sexual intercourse with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. The man and the aunt will be liable to punishment; they will die childless. 21 If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is indecent. He has uncovered his brother’s nakedness; the man and the woman will be childless.
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