Leviticus 18:20
You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor’s wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
In Context
19You shall not approach a woman who is undergoing menstruation, nor shall you uncover her foulness.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10If anyone will have committed sexual acts with the wife of another, or will have perpetrated adultery with his neighbor’s spouse, they shall die a death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.
Deuteronomy 22:22If a man sleeps with the wife of another, then they shall both die, that is, the adulterer and the adulteress. And so shall you take away the evil from Israel.
2 Samuel 11:3Therefore, the king sent and inquired who the woman might be. And it was reported to him that she was Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah, the Hittite.
Proverbs 6:25Let not your heart desire her beauty; do not be captivated by her winks.
Ezekiel 18:6and if he does not eat upon the mountains, nor lift up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, and if he has not violated the wife of his neighbor, nor approached a menstruating woman,
Matthew 5:27You have heard that it was said to the ancients: ‘You shall not commit adultery.’
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:20-30
Laws against Iniquity. ( b. c. 1490.) 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile… Read the whole commentary →