Keep My statutes and do them; I am Yahweh who sets you apart.

Family and Sexual Offenses

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.(A) He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is on his own hands.[a]

10 If a man commits adultery(B) with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:9 Lit on him

Keep my decrees(A) and follow them. I am the Lord, who makes you holy.(B)

“‘Anyone who curses their father(C) or mother(D) is to be put to death.(E) Because they have cursed their father or mother, their blood will be on their own head.(F)

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

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