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10 (A)If there is a man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, one who commits adultery with his friend’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 (B)If there is a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 12 (C)If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed [a]perversion. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 13 (D)If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them. 14 (E)If there is a man who [b]marries a woman and her mother, it is lewdness; both he and they shall be burned with fire so that there will be no lewdness in your midst. 15 (F)If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal. 16 If there is a woman who approaches any animal to [c]mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

17 (G)If there is a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace; and they shall be cut off in the sight of the sons of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he bears his guilt. 18 (H)If there is a man who lies with a [d]menstruous woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood; thus both of them shall be cut off from among their people. 19 (I)You shall also not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister or of your father’s sister, for such a one has made naked his [e]blood relative; they will bear their guilt. 20 (J)If there is a man who lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness; they will bear their sin. They will die childless. 21 (K)If there is a man who takes his brother’s wife, it is an [f]impure act; he has uncovered his brother’s nakedness. They will be childless.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:12 Or incest
  2. Leviticus 20:14 Lit takes
  3. Leviticus 20:16 Lit lie
  4. Leviticus 20:18 Lit sick
  5. Leviticus 20:19 Lit flesh
  6. Leviticus 20:21 Or abhorrent

Honoring the Seventh Commandment

10 “If anyone commits adultery with another man’s wife, including when someone commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress are to die.

11 “If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness, so both of them are to be put to death. Their guilt will remain their responsibility.

12 “If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, the two are to be put to death. They’ve committed a repulsive act. Their guilt[a] will remain their responsibility.

13 “If a man has sexual relations with another male as he would with a woman, both have committed a repulsive act. They are certainly to be put to death.

14 “If a man takes a wife along with her mother, that’s wickedness. They are to be burned with fire—that is, both him and them, so that there will be no wickedness in your midst.

15 “If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he is to be put to death, and you are also to kill the animal.

16 “If a woman approaches any animal to have sexual relations with it, both the woman and the animal are to be put to death. Their guilt[b] will remain their responsibility.

17 “If a man takes his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, so that he exposes her nakedness and she exposes his nakedness, it’s a shameful thing. They are to be eliminated from contact with their people[c] in front of their people’s children. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness. He’ll continue to bear responsibility for[d] his iniquity.

18 “If a man has sexual relations with a menstruating woman, he has exposed her nakedness, laying bare her fountain. He has exposed the source of her blood. Both are to be eliminated from contact with their people.[e]

19 “You are not to have sexual relations with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister, because that is laying bare the nakedness of his close relative. They’ll continue to bear responsibility for[f] their iniquity.

20 “If a man has sexual relations with his uncle’s wife, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness. They are to bear responsibility for[g] punishment of their sin. They’ll die childless.

21 “If a man takes his brother’s wife, it’s immoral.[h] He has exposed his brother’s nakedness. They’ll be childless.”

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:12 Lit. blood
  2. Leviticus 20:16 Lit. blood
  3. Leviticus 20:17 The Heb. lacks from contact with their people
  4. Leviticus 20:17 The Heb. lacks responsibility for
  5. Leviticus 20:18 The Heb. lacks from contact with their people
  6. Leviticus 20:19 The Heb. lacks responsibility for
  7. Leviticus 20:20 The Heb. lacks responsibility for
  8. Leviticus 20:21 Lit. an impurity