Leviticus 18:20 “You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yo…”

Leviticus 18:20

You must not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

World English Bible

“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

Geneva Bible 1599

Moreouer, thou shalt not giue thy selfe to thy neighbours wife by carnall copulation, to be defiled with her.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

Young's Literal Translation

'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

Bible in Basic English

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

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Cross references

“Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.”

Exodus 20:14 Leviticus 20:10 1 Corinthians 6:9 Hebrews 13:4 Deuteronomy 5:18 Proverbs 6:25

Exodus 20:14 · BSB

You shall not commit adultery.

Leviticus 20:10 · BSB

If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

1 Corinthians 6:9 · BSB

Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts,

Hebrews 13:4 · BSB

Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.

Deuteronomy 5:18 · BSB

You shall not commit adultery.

Proverbs 6:25 · BSB

Do not lust in your heart for her beauty or let her captivate you with her eyes.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

19You must not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during her menstrual period.

21You must not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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