After she had finished her time of sadness, David sent servants to take her to his house. She became David’s wife and gave birth to a son for David. But the Lord did not like the bad thing David had done.
Leviticus 18:20 - Easy To Read Version “And you must not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife. This will only make you filthy [328] ! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her. Common English Bible You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow Israelite, becoming unclean by it. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall not have sexual intercourse with your neighbor's wife, nor shall you be defiled by the mingling of seed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed. |
After she had finished her time of sadness, David sent servants to take her to his house. She became David’s wife and gave birth to a son for David. But the Lord did not like the bad thing David had done.
That woman might be beautiful. But don’t let that beauty burn inside you and tempt you. Don’t let her eyes capture you.
That good person does not go to the mountains and share in foods offered to false gods. He does not pray to those filthy idols in Israel. He does not do the sin of adultery with his neighbor’s wife. He does not have sex with his wife during her period.
“If a man has sexual relations with his neighbor’s wife, then both the man and the woman are guilty of adultery. So both the man and the woman must be put to death!
Then I will come to you—and I will do the right thing. I will be like a person that is ready to tell the judge about the bad things people did. Some people do evil magic. Some people do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [19]} Some people make false promises. Some people cheat their workers—they don’t pay them the money they promised. People don’t help widows and orphans. {\cf2\super [20]} People don’t help strangers. People don’t respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said these things.
She might have sexual relations with another man and hide this from her husband. And there might not be anyone to tell him that she did this sin. Her husband might never know about the wrong thing she did. And the woman might not tell her husband about her sin.
You say that people must not do the sin of adultery. {\cf2\super [16]} But you yourselves are guilty of that sin. You hate idols. {\cf2\super [17]} But you steal from temples. {\cf2\super [18]}
The wrong things our sinful self does are clear: doing sexual sins, not being pure, doing morally bad things,
“If a man is found having sexual relations with another man’s wife, then both of them must die—the woman and the man that had sexual relations with her. You must remove that evil from Israel.
“But if a man finds an engaged girl out in the field and forces her to have sexual relations with him, then only the man must die.
Marriage should be honored by all people. And every marriage should be kept pure between only two people. God will judge guilty those people who do sexual sins and adultery. {\cf2\super [172]}