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Leviticus 20:11-21 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

11. A man who has intercourse with one of his father's wives disgraces his father, and both he and the woman shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

12. If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, they shall both be put to death. They have committed incest and are responsible for their own death.

13. If a man has sexual relations with another man, they have done a disgusting thing, and both shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

14. If a man marries a woman and her mother, all three shall be burnt to death because of the disgraceful thing they have done; such a thing must not be permitted among you.

15. If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he and the animal shall be put to death.

16. If a woman tries to have sexual relations with an animal, she and the animal shall be put to death. They are responsible for their own death.

17. If a man marries his sister or half-sister, they shall be publicly disgraced and driven out of the community. He has had intercourse with his sister and must suffer the consequences.

18. If a man has intercourse with a woman during her monthly period, both of them are to be driven out of the community, because they have broken the regulations about ritual uncleanness.

19. If a man has intercourse with his aunt, both of them must suffer the consequences for incest.

20. If a man has intercourse with his uncle's wife, he disgraces his uncle, and he and the woman will pay the penalty; neither of them will have children.

21. If a man marries his brother's wife, they will die childless. He has done a ritually unclean thing and has disgraced his brother.

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