Leviticus 20:12 BSB

Leviticus 20:12

If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both must surely be put to death. They have acted perversely; their blood is upon them.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאִ֗ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and a man	H376 →
אֲשֶׁ֤ר	'a.Sher	who	H834 →
יִשְׁכַּב֙	yish.Kav	he will lie with	H7901 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
כַּלָּת֔וֹ	ka.la.To	daughter-in-law his	H3618 →
מ֥וֹת	Mot	certainly <to die>	H4191 →
יוּמְת֖וּ	yu.me.Tu	they will be put to death	H4191 →
שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם	she.nei.Hem	both of them	H8147 →
תֶּ֥בֶל	Te.vel	confusion	H8397 →
עָשׂ֖וּ	'a.Su	they have done	H6213 →
דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם	de.mei.Hem	blood<s> their	H1818 →
בָּֽם׃	Bam	[are] on <the> them

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Deuteronomy 27:23
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
leads to
- Leviticus 20:14
  If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
- Leviticus 18:17
  You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close…
Through
Genesis 38:18
“What pledge should I give you?” he asked. She answered, “Your seal and your cord, and the staff in your hand.” So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she became…
leads to
- Genesis 38:25–26
  As she was being brought out, Tamar sent a message to her father-in-law: “I am pregnant by the man to whom these items belong.” And she added, “Please examine them. Whose seal and cord…
Through
Leviticus 18:23
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
leads to
- Leviticus 20:15–16
  If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
- Exodus 22:19
  Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
- Deuteronomy 27:21
  ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Through
Leviticus 18:15
You must not have sexual relations with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife; you are not to have sexual relations with her.
leads to
- Ezekiel 22:11
  One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.
- Genesis 38:26
  Judah recognized the items and said, “She is more righteous than I, since I did not give her to my son Shelah.” And he did not have relations with her again.

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Moses and Aaron Appear before Pharaoh — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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