10 “If a man commits adultery(A) with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. 11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[a](B) Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[b] 12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,(C) both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:11 Lit has uncovered his father’s nakedness
  2. 20:11 Lit their blood on them, also in vv. 12,13,16,27

10 “‘If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife(A)—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress are to be put to death.(B)

11 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his father’s wife, he has dishonored his father.(C) Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.(D)

12 “‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law,(E) both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.

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