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Keep all my decrees by putting them into practice, for I am the Lord who makes you holy.

“Anyone who dishonors[a] father or mother must be put to death. Such a person is guilty of a capital offense.

10 “If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man and the woman who have committed adultery must be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. 20:9 Greek version reads Anyone who speaks disrespectfully of. Compare Matt 15:4; Mark 7:10.

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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