Leviticus 20:11

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.

And the man {H376} that lieth {H7901} with his father's {H1} wife {H802} hath uncovered {H1540} his father's {H1} nakedness {H6172}: both {H8147} of them shall surely {H4191} be put to death {H4191}; their blood {H1818} shall be upon them.

The man who goes to bed with his father's wife has disgraced his father sexually, and both of them must be put to death; their blood is on them.

If 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.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Deuteronomy 27:20 (3 votes)

    Cursed [be] he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 27:23 (3 votes)

    Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Amos 2:7 (2 votes)

    That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:

  • 1 Corinthians 5:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ It is reported commonly [that there is] fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife.

  • Leviticus 18:7 (2 votes)

    The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she [is] thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness.

  • Leviticus 18:8 (2 votes)

    The nakedness of thy father's wife shalt thou not uncover: it [is] thy father's nakedness.