But Bathsheba became pregnant. She sent word to David. She told him, “I am pregnant.”
Leviticus 20:10 - Easy To Read Version “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! Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The man who commits adultery with another's wife, even his neighbor's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. [John 8:4-11.] American Standard Version (1901) And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. Common English Bible If a man commits adultery with a married woman, committing adultery with a neighbor’s wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must be executed. Catholic Public Domain Version If anyone will have committed sexual acts with the wife of another, or will have perpetrated adultery with his neighbor's spouse, they shall die a death, both the adulterer and the adulteress. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them: be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress. |
But Bathsheba became pregnant. She sent word to David. She told him, “I am pregnant.”
Why? Because sexual sin is shameful.\par It is a sin that must be punished.\par
“If I have desired another woman\par or waited at my neighbor’s door\par to sin with his wife,\par
“And you must not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife. This will only make you filthy [328] !
God wants husbands and wives to become one body and one spirit. Why? So they would have holy children. So protect that spiritual unity. Don’t cheat on your wife. She has been your wife from the time you were young.
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.