Leviticus 20:10-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 [a]If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife,(A) both the adulterer and the adulteress shall be put to death. 11 If a man disgraces his father by lying with his father’s wife,(B) the two of them shall be put to death; their bloodguilt is upon them. 12 If a man lies with his daughter-in-law,(C) both of them shall be put to death; they have done what is perverse; their bloodguilt is upon them. 13 If a man lies with a male as with a woman,(D) they have committed an abomination; the two of them shall be put to death; their bloodguilt is upon them. 14 If a man marries a woman and her mother also,(E) that is shameful conduct; the man and the two women as well shall be burned to death, so that shamefulness may not be found among you.
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- 20:10–21 See 18:6–23 and notes there. It appears that the inclusion of various penalties in 20:10–21 accounts for the different order of the cases here compared to the order found in 18:6–23. The reason why the offenses in 20:10–21 carry different penalties, however, is not clear. Perhaps the cases in vv. 17–21 were considered slightly less serious, being condemned but not criminally prosecuted.
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