Leviticus 18:20

+ 18:20. Lev 18:20 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.457): Not to have sexual relations with another man’s wife “‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

19+ 18:19. Lev 18:19 (Lev 18:24-30) (#7.456): Not to have sexual relations with a woman unclean due to niddah ·menstruation· “‘You shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

21+ 18:21. Lev 18:21 (#2a.65): Not to sacrifice your children to the Molech false god T. Note: Whose worship includes children to be burned in sacrifice on the red-hot statue of the idol, this practice is also called “to pass thru the fire” in some translations “‘You shall not give any of your children to sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane את the name of your God. I am Adonai. (RY:4, LY:7)

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Cross References

Leviticus 20:10+ 20:10. Lev 20:10 (#6.399): T. “Both the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death” / R. For the court to execute by strangulation T. Note: (Leviticus 20) does not explain how the adulterers are to be put to death, simply that they are to be executed R. Note: The Rabbis teach this strangulation execution was not preformed in malice nor by human hands. “The strangling was thus performed; they that were strangled were fixed up to their knees in dung, and then they put a hard napkin within a soft one, and rolled it about his neck” ( Sanhedrin, c.7. sect.3) “‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, that is with the wife of a fellow countryman, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. + 20:10. Selectively Quoted in John 8:4-5 with Deut 22:21 + 20:10 Context of John 8:5

Deuteronomy 22:22If a man is found lying with a woman married to a husband, then they shall both die, the man who lay with the woman and the woman. So you shall remove the evil from Israel [God prevails].

Proverbs 6:25Don’t lust after her beauty in your heart, 2 neither let her captivate you with her eyelids. 1

Matthew 5:27“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not moicheuo ·commit adultery·;’ + 5:27. Quoted from Ex 20:14; Deut 5:18

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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