Focused Passage

Leviticus 20:10-16

Holiness, Judgment, and the LORD Who Sanctifies His People

The chapter begins with penalties for Molek worship and warnings against tolerating child sacrifice, then forbids turning to mediums and spiritists. It calls Israel to consecrate themselves because the LORD sanctifies them. It then gives penalties for cursing parents and for multiple sexual sins, including adultery, incest, same-sex intercourse, and bestiality. The chapter closes by commanding Israel to distinguish clean and unclean, reject the nations' practices, and live as the LORD's separated possession.

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10If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife—with the wife of his neighbor—both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.

11If a man lies with his father’s wife, he has uncovered his father’s nakedness. Both must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

12If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

13If a man lies with a man as with a woman, they have both committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

14If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.

15If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.

16If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

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References and Original Words

Verse 10

Original words

If a manוְאִ֗ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singularcommits adulteryיִנְאַף֙H5003Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwithאֶת־H853Preposition[another] man’sאִ֔ישׁH376Noun - masculine singularwifeאֵ֣שֶׁתH802Noun - feminine singular construct-אֲשֶׁ֥רH834Pronoun - relative-אֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relative-יִנְאַ֖ףH5003Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwithאֶת־H853Prepositionthe wifeאֵ֣שֶׁתH802Noun - feminine singular constructof his neighborרֵעֵ֑הוּH7453Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularboth the adultererהַנֹּאֵ֖ףH5003Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularand the adulteressוְהַנֹּאָֽפֶת׃H5003Conjunctive waw, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine singularmust surely be put to deathמֽוֹת־H4191Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יוּמַ֥תH4191Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 11

Original words

If a manוְאִ֗ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativeliesיִשְׁכַּב֙H7901Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwithאֶת־H853Prepositionhis father’sאָבִ֔יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularwifeאֵ֣שֶׁתH802Noun - feminine singular constructhe has uncoveredגִּלָּ֑הH1540Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularhis father’sאָבִ֖יוH1Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularnakednessעֶרְוַ֥תH6172Noun - feminine singular constructBothשְׁנֵיהֶ֖םH8147Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine pluralmust surely be put to deathמֽוֹת־H4191Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יוּמְת֥וּH4191Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraltheir bloodדְּמֵיהֶ֥םH1818Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural[is] upon themבָּֽם׃Preposition | third person masculine plural
Verse 12

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If a manוְאִ֗ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֤רH834Pronoun - relativeliesיִשְׁכַּב֙H7901Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwithאֶת־H853Prepositionhis daughter-in-lawכַּלָּת֔וֹH3618Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularbothשְׁנֵיהֶ֑םH8147Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine pluralmust surely be put to deathמ֥וֹתH4191Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יוּמְת֖וּH4191Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralThey have actedעָשׂ֖וּH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralperverselyתֶּ֥בֶלH8397Noun - masculine singulartheir bloodדְּמֵיהֶ֥םH1818Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural[is] upon themבָּֽם׃Preposition | third person masculine plural
Verse 13

Original words

If a manוְאִ֗ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativeliesיִשְׁכַּ֤בH7901Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularwithאֶת־H853Prepositiona manזָכָר֙H2145Noun - masculine singular. . .מִשְׁכְּבֵ֣יH4904Noun - masculine plural constructas with a womanאִשָּׁ֔הH802Noun - feminine singularthey have bothשְׁנֵיהֶ֑םH8147Number - masculine dual construct | third person masculine pluralcommittedעָשׂ֖וּH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralan abominationתּוֹעֵבָ֥הH8441Noun - feminine singularThey must surely be put to deathמ֥וֹתH4191Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יוּמָ֖תוּH4191Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraltheir bloodדְּמֵיהֶ֥םH1818Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural[is] upon themבָּֽם׃Preposition | third person masculine plural
Verse 14

Original words

If a manוְאִ֗ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativemarriesיִקַּ֧חH3947Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerboth a womanאִשָּׁ֛הH802Noun - feminine singular-וְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerand her motherאִמָּ֖הּH517Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singularitהִ֑ואH1931Pronoun - third person feminine singularis depravedזִמָּ֣הH2154Noun - feminine singularBoth heוְאֶתְהֶ֔ןH853Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker | third person feminine pluraland theyאֹתוֹ֙H853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularmust be burnedיִשְׂרְפ֤וּH8313Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralin the fireבָּאֵ֞שׁH784Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singularso that there will beתִהְיֶ֥הH1961Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singularnoוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particledepravityזִמָּ֖הH2154Noun - feminine singularamong youבְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃H8432Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Verse 15

Original words

If a manוְאִ֗ישׁH376Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular-אֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativeliesיִתֵּ֧ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularcarnallyשְׁכָבְתּ֛וֹH7903Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularwith an animalבִּבְהֵמָ֖הH929Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singularhe must be put to deathמ֣וֹתH4191Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יוּמָ֑תH4191Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularAndוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markeryou are also to killתַּהֲרֹֽגוּ׃H2026Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralthe animalהַבְּהֵמָ֖הH929Article | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 16

Original words

If a womanוְאִשָּׁ֗הH802Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular-אֲשֶׁ֨רH834Pronoun - relativeapproachesתִּקְרַ֤בH7126Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular. . .אֶל־H413Prepositionanyכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructanimalבְּהֵמָה֙H929Noun - feminine singularto mateלְרִבְעָ֣הH7250Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singularwith itאֹתָ֔הּH854Preposition | third person feminine singularyou must killוְהָרַגְתָּ֥H2026Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singularbothאֶת־H853Direct object markerthe womanהָאִשָּׁ֖הH802Article | Noun - feminine singularandוְאֶת־H853Conjunctive waw | Direct object markerthe animalהַבְּהֵמָ֑הH929Article | Noun - feminine singularThey must surely be put to deathמ֥וֹתH4191Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute. . .יוּמָ֖תוּH4191Verb - Hofal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluraltheir bloodדְּמֵיהֶ֥םH1818Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural[is] upon themבָּֽם׃Preposition | third person masculine plural

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