Leviticus 20:9–21

FAMILY AND SEXUAL OFFENSES

⁹“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.^z He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.^H

¹⁰“If a man commits adultery^aa with a married woman—if he commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife—both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death. ¹¹If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.^Iab Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault. ¹²If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law,^ac both of them must be put to death. They have acted perversely; their death is their own fault. ¹³If a man sleeps with a man as with a woman,^ad they have both committed a detestable act.^ae They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. ¹⁴If a man marries a woman and her mother,^af it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned,^ag so that there will be no depravity among you. ¹⁵If a man has sexual intercourse with^L an animal, he must be put to death; you are also to kill the animal. ¹⁶If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal.^ah They must be put to death; their death is their own fault. ¹⁷If a man marries his sister,^ai whether his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and they have sexual relations,^Aaj it is a disgrace.^ak They are to be cut off publicly from their people. He has had sexual intercourse with his sister; he will bear his iniquity. ¹⁸If a man sleeps with a menstruating woman and has sexual intercourse with her, he has exposed the source of her flow, and she has uncovered the source of her blood.^a Both of them are to be cut off from their people. ¹⁹You must not have sexual intercourse with your mother’s sister or your father’s sister,^b for it is exposing one’s own blood relative; both people will bear their iniquity. ²⁰If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his uncle;^Bc they will bear their guilt and die childless. ²¹If a man marries his brother’s wife, it is impurity.^d He has violated the intimacy that belongs to his brother;^Ce they will be childless.