Leviticus 20:11
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And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
In other translations
And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
Hebrew words
וְאִישׁve'ishand a manH376אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834יִשְׁכַּבyishkavhe will lie withH7901אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֵשֶׁת'eshet[the] wife ofH802אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1עֶרְוַת'ervat[the] nakedness ofH6172אָבִיו'avivfather hisH1גִּלָּהgilahhe has uncoveredH1540מוֹת־mot-certainly <to die>H4191יוּמְתוּyumetuthey will be put to deathH4191שְׁנֵיהֶםsheneihemboth of themH8147דְּמֵיהֶםdemeihemblood<s> theirH1818בָּם׃bam[are] on <the> them
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 27:23Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Deuteronomy 27:20Cursed be he that lieth with his father’s wife; because he uncovereth his father’s skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his father’s wife, for he has violated his father’s marriage bed.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name:They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Leviticus 18:7-87 The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 8 The nakedness of thy father’s wife shalt thou not uncover: it is thy father’s nakedness.7 You must not expose the nakedness of your father by having sexual relations with your mother. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her. 8 You must not have sexual relations with your father’s wife; it would dishonor your father.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
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