Leviticus 20:14

A man who marries both a woman and her mother has acted perversely. They must all be burned to death so that there will be no such wickedness among you.

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In The King James Version

And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.

In Context

13Men who have sex with other men as with a woman have done something disgusting. They must be executed; they bear the responsibility for their punishment.

15A man who has sex with an animal must be executed, and the animal must be killed too.

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Cross References

Leviticus 18:17Don't have sex with both a woman and her daughter. Don't have sex with her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter. They are her close relatives. That is something I loathe.

Deuteronomy 27:23“A curse on any man who sleeps with his mother-in-law!” Everyone says “Amen!”

Joshua 7:25Then Joshua said to Achan, “Why did you bring so much trouble down on us? Today the Lord will bring trouble down on you.” All the Israelites stoned Achan. Then when they had stoned the rest they burned their bodies.

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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