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Leviticus 20:12-21 Good News Bible Catholic Edition (GNBDK)

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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