Leviticus 20:14
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
KJV
Qui supra uxorem filiam, duxerit matrem ejus, scelus operatus est : vivus ardebit cum eis, nec permanebit tantum nefas in medio vestri.
Vulgate
ὃς ἐὰν λάβῃ γυναῖκα καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτῆς, ἀνόμημά ἐστιν· ἐν πυρὶ κατακαύσουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ αὐτὰς, καὶ οὐκ ἔσται ἀνομία ἐν ὑμῖν.
LXX
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
ASV
וְ/אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִקַּ֧ח אֶת אִשָּׁ֛ה וְ/אֶת אִמָּ֖/הּ זִמָּ֣ה הִ֑וא בָּ/אֵ֞שׁ יִשְׂרְפ֤וּ אֹת/וֹ֙ וְ/אֶתְ/הֶ֔ן וְ/לֹא תִהְיֶ֥ה זִמָּ֖ה בְּ/תוֹכְ/כֶֽם
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Amos 2:7 — 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:
- Deut 27:23 — Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Deut 27:23 — Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Josh 7:15 — And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought fol
- Lev 18:17 — Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it
- Lev 18:17 — Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it