Leviticus 20:10

And if a man has sex relations with another man's wife, even the wife of his neighbour, he and she are certainly to be put to death.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Every man cursing his father or his mother is certainly to be put to death; because of his curse on his father or his mother, his blood will be on him.

11And the man who has sex relations with his father's wife has put shame on his father: the two of them are to be put to death; their blood will be on them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:20And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is taken in the act of going in to a married woman, the two of them, the man as well as the woman, are to be put to death: so you are to put away the evil from Israel.

2 Samuel 12:13And David said to Nathan, Great is my sin against the Lord. And Nathan said to David, The Lord has put away your sin; death will not come on you.

Job 31:11For that would be a crime; it would be an act for which punishment would be measured out by the judges:

John 8:4And putting her forward, they said to him, Master, this woman has been taken in the very act of sinning against the married relation.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:2-10

Moral Laws. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones. 3 And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name.… Read the whole commentary →

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