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Deuteronomy 5:18

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

KJV

neque mœchaberis,

Vulgate

Οὐ φονεύσεις.

LXX

Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

ASV

וְ/לֹ֖א תִּנְאָֽף

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

2 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2056The word "Decalogue" means literally "ten words."11 God revealed these "ten words" to his people on the holy mountain. They were written "with the finger of God,"12 unlike the other commandments written by Moses.13 They are pre-eminently the words of God. They are handed on to us in the books of Exodus 14 and Deuteronomy.15 Beginning with the Old Testament, the sacred books ref…
Q. What does the Lord say in his law? A. God spoke all these words: I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself an idol. You shall not misuse the name of the Lord your God. Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Honor your father and your mother. You …

Cross-references

  • Exod 20:14 — Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Exod 20:14 — Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Jer 5:8 — They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
  • Lev 18:20 — Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
  • Lev 20:10 — And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • Lev 20:10 — And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
  • Luke 18:20 — Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother.
  • Matt 5:27 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
  • Matt 5:27 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: