Leviticus 20:10

If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife, let then: be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

9He that curseth his father, or mother, dying let him die: he hath cursed his father, and mother, let his blood be upon him.

11If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:20Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife, nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel.

2 Samuel 12:13And David said to Nathan: I have sinned against the Lord. And Nathan said to David: The Lord also hath taken away thy sin: thou shalt not die.

Job 31:11For this is a heinous crime, and a most grievous iniquity.

John 8:4And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery.

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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