Leviticus 20:12

If any man lie with his daughter in law, let both die, because they have done a heinous crime: their blood be upon them.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.

In Context

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.

13If any one lie with a man se with a woman, both have committed an abomination, let them be put to death: their blood be upon them.

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Cross References

Genesis 38:18Juda said: What wilt thou have for a pledge ? She answered: Thy ring and bracelet, and the staff which thou holdest in thy hand. The woman therefore at one copulation conceived.

Leviticus 18:23Thou shalt not copulate with any beast, neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:11-22

10 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. 11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also… Read the whole commentary →

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