Leviticus 20:14
Bible › Leviticus › Chapter 20 › Verse 14
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
In other translations
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
Hebrew words
וְאִישׁve'ishand a manH376אֲשֶׁר'asherwhoH834יִקַּחyikachhe will takeH3947אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אִשָּׁה'ishaha womanH802וְאֶת־ve'etand <obj.>H853אִמָּהּ'imahmother herH517זִמָּהzimah[is] wickednessH2154הִואhi'itH1931בָּאֵשׁba'eshwith <the> fireH784יִשְׂרְפוּyisrefupeople will burnH8313אֹתוֹ'oto<obj.> himH853וְאֶתְהֶןve'ethenand <obj.> themH853וְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808תִהְיֶהtihyehit will beH1961זִמָּהzimahwickednessH2154בְּתוֹכְכֶם׃betokhkhemin midst of youH8432
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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!’
- Leviticus 18:17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
- 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.
- Joshua 7:15And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the Lord, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.The one who is caught with the things devoted to destruction must be burned, along with all that belongs to him, because he has transgressed the covenant of the LORD and committed an outrage in Israel.’”
- Joshua 7:25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the Lord shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.“Why have you brought this trouble upon us?” said Joshua. “Today the LORD will bring trouble upon you!” And all Israel stoned him to death. Then they stoned the others and burned their bodies.
- Leviticus 21:9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.
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