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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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
  3. 20:14 Lit takes, also in vv. 17,21
  4. 20:15 Lit man gives his emission to
  5. 20:17 Lit and he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness
  6. 20:20 Lit has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness
  7. 20:21 Lit has uncovered his brother’s nakedness

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. 11 (B)If a man lies with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. 12 (C)If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed (D)perversion; their blood is upon them. 13 (E)If a man lies with a male as with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them. 14 (F)If a man takes a woman and her mother also, it is depravity; he and they shall be burned with fire, that there may be no depravity among you. 15 (G)If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal. 16 (H)If a woman approaches any animal and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

17 (I)“If a man takes his sister, a daughter of his father or a daughter of his mother, and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has uncovered his sister's nakedness, and he shall bear his iniquity. 18 (J)If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual period and uncovers her nakedness, he has made naked her fountain, and she has uncovered the fountain of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 (K)You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or of your father's sister, for that is to make naked (L)one's relative; they shall bear their iniquity. 20 (M)If a man lies with his uncle's wife, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness; they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless. 21 (N)If a man takes his brother's wife, it is impurity.[b] He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:10 Hebrew repeats if a man commits adultery with the wife of
  2. Leviticus 20:21 Literally menstrual impurity