10 (A)And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, because he hath committed adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall die the death.

11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife, because he hath uncovered his father’s (B)shame, they shall both die: their blood shall be upon them.

12 Also the man that lieth with his daughter-in-law, they both shall die the death, they have wrought [a]abomination, their blood shall be upon them.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:12 Or, confusion.

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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