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Leviticus 18:20

Leviticus chapter 18 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

Context

v.19And thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is impure by her uncleanness.

v.20This passage

v.21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 20:14

    Thou shalt not commit adultery.

  • Matthew 5:27

    Ye have heard that it was said, Thou shalt not commit adultery:

  • Proverbs 6:25

    Lust not after her beauty in thy heart; Neither let her take thee with her eyelids.

  • Romans 2:22

    thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou rob temples?

  • Malachi 3:5

    And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against the false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widow, and the fatherless, and that turn aside the sojourner from his right, and fear not me, saith Jehovah of hosts.

  • 2 Samuel 11:3

    And David sent and inquired after the woman. And one said, Is not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?