Leviticus 18:20

KJV

Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

— Leviticus 18:20, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Leviticus Chapter 18 connects to 10 cross-references. Prohibited sexual relations are enumerated, framed by warnings not to follow the practices of Egypt or Canaan: intercourse is forbidden between parent and child, sibling, step-sibling, grandchild, aunt, uncle's wife, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law, a woman and her daughter or granddaughter, two …

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Other Translations

ASV

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor’s wife, to defile thyself with her.

YLT

`And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.

BBE

And you may not have sex relations with your neighbour's wife, making yourself unclean with her.

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