Leviticus 20:10

Any man who commits adultery with someone else's wife must be executed, as well as the woman.

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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

9Anyone who curses their father or mother must be executed. They have cursed their father or mother; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

11A man who has sex with his father's wife has brought shame on his father. Both the man and the woman must be executed. Both must surely be put to death; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:20Don't commit any sex act with any other man's wife. This would pollute you and make you unclean.

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found sleeping with someone else's wife, both the man and the woman must die. You must eliminate the evil from Israel.

2 Samuel 12:13David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” “The Lord has forgiven your sins. You're not going to die,” Nathan replied.

Job 31:11For that would be wicked, a sin deserving punishment,

John 8:4They said to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of 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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