Old Testament

New Testament

Leviticus 20:8-17 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

8. And you shall keep my statutes, and you shall do them; I am Yahweh who consecrates you.

9. “ ‘If there is anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father and his mother—his blood is upon him.

10. “ ‘As for a man who commits adultery with a man’s wife, who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, both the man who commits adultery and the woman who commits adultery shall surely be put to death.

11. As for a man who lies with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness; both of them shall be put to death—their blood is on them.

12. As for a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed a perversion—their blood is on them.

13. “ ‘As for the man who lies with a male as lying with a woman, they have committed a detestable thing; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

14. “ ‘As for a man who marries a woman and her mother, that is depravity; they shall burn him and them, so that it shall not become depravity in the midst of you all.

15. “ ‘As for a man who has sexual relations with an animal, he shall surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

16. As for a woman who approaches any animal to copulate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death—their blood is on them.

17. “ ‘As for a man who takes his sister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and he sees her nakedness and she herself sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace, and they shall be cut off before the eyes of their people; he has exposed his sister’s nakedness—he must bear his guilt.

Read complete chapter Leviticus 20