He went over to her and said, ‘Come, let me sleep with you,’ for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, ‘What will you give me for sleeping with me? ’
Leviticus 20:12 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 and said, ‘Come, let me sleep with you,’ for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, ‘What will you give me for sleeping with me? ’
‘What should I give you? ’ he asked. She answered, ‘Your signet ring, your cord, and the staff in your hand.’ So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became pregnant by him.
If a thief is caught in the act of breaking in, and he is beaten to death, no one is guilty of bloodshed.
You are not to have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sex with her.
You are not to have sexual intercourse with any animal, defiling yourself with it; a woman is not to present herself to an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.
“The one who sleeps with his mother-in-law is cursed.” And all the people will say, “Amen! ”