“ ‘If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion. Their blood shall be upon themselves.
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“ ‘If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion. Their blood shall be upon themselves.
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And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
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And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have wrought corruption; their blood shall be upon them.
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Passages linked to Leviticus 20:12 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 18:15 “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. You shall not uncover her nakedness.
- Genesis 38:18 He said, “What pledge will I give you?” She said, “Your signet and your cord, and your staff that is in your hand.” He gave them to her, and came in to her, and she conceived by him.
- Leviticus 18:23 “ ‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
- Genesis 38:16 He turned to her by the way, and said, “Please come, let me come in to you,” for he didn’t know that she was his daughter-in-law. She said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
- Deuteronomy 27:23 ‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Or, confusion.
Or, confusion.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Lev 20:12 And if a man lie with his…
Lev 20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be] upon them.
Ver. 12. See on Lev 18:1-30.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain By perverting the order which God hath appointed, and…
By perverting the order which God hath appointed, and mixing the blood which God would have separated, and making the same offspring both his own immediate child and his grandchild,
they have wrought confusion.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain If a man lie with his daughter in law,....…
If a man lie with his daughter in law,.... His son's wife, whether in the lifetime of his son, or after his death, or whether she was espoused or married, according to the above tradition (f):
both of them shall surely be put to death; it being a breach of the law in Lev 18:15; and this is the penalty annexed to it, even death:
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they have wrought confusion: have been guilty of a shocking and shameful mixture, as Jarchi and Ben Gersom, as well as confounded the degrees of relation and affinity:
their blood shall be upon them; it being a capital crime, their, blood shall be shed for it; they shall be found guilty of death by stoning, as the Targum of Jonathan.
(f) Misn. ut supra. (Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4.)
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Confusion - By perverting the order which God hath…
Confusion - By perverting the order which God hath appointed, and making the same off-spring both his own child and his grandchild.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 12. They have wrought confusion] See Le 18:1-30,…
Verse 12. They have wrought confusion] See Le 18:1-30, and especially Clarke's note on "Le 18:6".
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Lev 20:12. Confusion — By perverting the order which…
Lev 20:12. Confusion — By perverting the order which God hath appointed, and making the same offspring both his own child and his grand-child.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Crime. Hebrew tebel, "confusion," the same term which is…
Crime. Hebrew tebel, "confusion," the same term which is used in speaking of bestiality, (chap. xviii. 23,) though the latter crime be more enormous. (Haydock)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 12. Confusion — The word tebhel occurs in only…
12. Confusion — The word tebhel occurs in only one other passage, Lev_18:23, note.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (12) With his daughter in law.—See Notes on Lev_18:15.
(12) With his daughter in law.—See Notes on Lev_18:15.
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