“None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
Leviticus 20:11 - Revised Standard Version The man who lies with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of them shall be put to death, their blood is upon them. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the man who lies carnally with his father's wife has uncovered his father's nakedness; both of the guilty ones shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon their own heads. American Standard Version (1901) And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them. Common English Bible If a man has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be executed; their blood is on their own heads. Catholic Public Domain Version Whoever will have slept with his stepmother, or will have uncovered the shame of his father, they shall both die a death. So let their blood be upon them. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them. |
“None of you shall approach any one near of kin to him to uncover nakedness. I am the Lord.
they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted; a man and his father go in to the same maiden, so that my holy name is profaned;
It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and of a kind that is not found even among pagans; for a man is living with his father's wife.
“A man shall not take his father's wife, nor shall he uncover her who is his father's.
“ ‘Cursed be he who lies with his father's wife, because he has uncovered her who is his father's.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
“ ‘Cursed be he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’