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Leviticus 18:20

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighborʼs wife. You shall not give your shikhvat zera to make tamei with her.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

In Context

19Also thou shalt not approach unto an isha to uncover her nakedness, as long as she has her tumah from her period of niddah.

21And thou shalt not let any of thy zera pass through [the eish] + 18:21 i.e., be sacrificed and burned or cremated to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the Shem Eloheicha; I am Hashem.

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10And the ish that committeth adultery with the wife of another ish, even he that committeth adultery with his neighborʼs wife, the no'ef (adulterer) and the no'efet (adulteress) shall surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 22:22If an ish be found lying with an isha married to a husband then they shall both of them die, both the ish that lay with the isha, and the isha; so shalt thou put away the rah from Yisroel.

2 Samuel 11:3And Dovid sent and inquired after the isha. And one said, Is not this Bat-Sheva Bat Eli'am, eshet Uriyah the Chitti?

Proverbs 6:25Lust not after her beauty in thine lev; 1 neither let her allure thee with her eyelids. 1

Ezekiel 18:6And hath not eaten [sacrifices of gillulim, idols] upon the harim, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the gillulim of Bais Yisroel, neither hath made tameh the isha of his neighbor, neither hath come near to an isha niddah,

Matthew 5:27You have heard that it was said, LO TINAF + 5:27 Ex 20:14 (Do 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 →

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