Leviticus 18:20
And you do not give your seed [from] intercourse to the wife of your fellow, to become unclean with her.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
In Context
19And you do not draw near to a woman in the separation of her uncleanness to uncover her nakedness.
Cross References
Leviticus 20:10And a man who commits adultery with a man’s wife—who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor—the adulterer and the adulteress are surely put to death.
Deuteronomy 22:22When a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then both of them have died—the man who is lying with the woman, and the woman; and you have put away evil out of Israel.
2 Samuel 11:3and David sends and inquires about the woman, and [someone] says, “Is this not Bathsheba, daughter of Eliam, wife of Uriah the Hittite?”
Proverbs 6:25Do not desire her beauty in your heart, || And do not let her take you with her eyelids.
Ezekiel 18:6He has not eaten on the mountains, || And has not lifted up his eyes || To idols of the house of Israel, || And did not defile his neighbor’s wife, || And did not come near to a separated woman,
Matthew 5:27You heard that it was said to the ancients: You will 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 →