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Leviticus 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.

KJV

Si mœchatus quis fuerit cum uxore alterius, et adulterium perpetraverit cum conjuge proximi sui, morte moriantur et mœchus et adultera.

Vulgate

ἄνθρωπος ὃς ἂν μοιχεύσηται γυναῖκα ἀνδρός, ἢ ὃς ἂν μοιχεύσηται γυναῖκα τοῦ πλησίον, θανάτῳ θανατούσθωσαν ὁ μοιχεύων καὶ ἡ μοιχευομένη.

LXX

And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

ASV

וְ/אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִנְאַף֙ אֶת אֵ֣שֶׁת אִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר יִנְאַ֖ף אֶת אֵ֣שֶׁת רֵעֵ֑/הוּ מֽוֹת יוּמַ֥ת הַ/נֹּאֵ֖ף וְ/הַ/נֹּאָֽפֶת

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶת
't
preposition · 883×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
הוּ
hv
noun · 186×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים
mn'pym
verb · 31×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
  • 2Sam 12:13 — And David said unto Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said unto David, The LORD also hath put away thy sin; thou shalt not die.
  • Deut 5:18 — Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
  • Deut 5:18 — Neither shalt thou commit adultery.
  • Deut 22:22 — If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
  • Deut 22:22 — If a man be found lying with a woman married to an husband, then they shall both of them die, both the man that lay with the woman, and the woman: so shalt thou put away evil from Israel.
  • Exod 20:14 — Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Exod 20:14 — Thou shalt not commit adultery.
  • Ezek 16:38 — And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
  • Ezek 18:6 — And hath not eaten upon the mountains, neither hath lifted up his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel, neither hath defiled his neighbour’s wife, neither hath come near to a menstruous woman,
  • Ezek 22:11 — And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour’s wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father’s daughter.
  • Ezek 23:45 — And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
  • Ezek 23:45 — And the righteous men, they shall judge them after the manner of adulteresses, and after the manner of women that shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
  • Job 31:11 — For this is an heinous crime; yea, it is an iniquity to be punished by the judges.
  • John 8:4 — They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act.
  • John 8:5 — Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou?
  • Lev 18:20 — Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
  • Lev 18:20 — Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.
  • Mal 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 false swearers, and against those that oppress the hireling in his
  • Matt 1:19 — Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a publick example, was minded to put her away privily.
  • Matt 5:27 — Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery:
  • Num 5:13 — And a man lie with her carnally, and it be hid from the eyes of her husband, and be kept close, and she be defiled, and there be no witness against her, neither she be taken with the manner;
  • Num 5:31 — Then shall the man be guiltless from iniquity, and this woman shall bear her iniquity.
  • Prov 6:29 — So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.