He went over to her at the road side, and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
Leviticus 20:12 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed incest, their blood is upon them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if a man lies carnally with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought confusion, perversion, and defilement; their blood shall be upon their own heads. American Standard Version (1901) And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. Common English Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. They have acted perversely; their blood is on their own heads. Catholic Public Domain Version If any man will have slept with his daughter-in-law, both shall die, for they have acted according to wickedness. So let their blood be upon them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man lie with his daughter-in-law, let both die, because they have done a heinous crime. Their blood be upon them. |
He went over to her at the road side, and said, “Come, let me come in to you,” for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
He said, “What pledge shall I give you?” She replied, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” So he gave them to her, and went in to her, and she conceived by him.
If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or an ass or a sheep, he shall pay double.
You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law; she is your son's wife, you shall not uncover her nakedness.
And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.
“ ‘Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’