Leviticus 20:11

The Message

“If a man has sex with his father’s wife, he has violated his father. Both the man and woman must be put to death; they are responsible for their own deaths.

Cross References

Leviticus 18:6

“Don’t have sex with a close relative. I am God.

1 Corinthians 5:1

I also received a report of scandalous sex within your church family, a kind that wouldn’t be tolerated even outside the church: One of your men is sleeping with his stepmother. And you’re so above it all that it doesn’t even faze you! Shouldn’t this break your hearts? Shouldn’t it bring you to your knees in tears? Shouldn’t this person and his conduct be confronted and dealt with?

Deuteronomy 22:30

A man may not marry his father’s ex-wife—that would violate his father’s rights. * * *