Leviticus 20:10

“And a man who commits adultery with the wife of a man, who commits adultery with the wife of his neighbor, shall surely be put to death, the adulterer and the adulteress.”

Leviticus 20:10 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Leviticus 20:10, word by word

And a manאִישׁish

man

An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.

Where else “ish” appears
commits adulteryיִנְאַףyinaf

commit adultery

To sleep with another's spouse.

Where else “yinaf” appears
the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet

wife

Literally "his woman": the one married to him.

Where else “eshet” appears
of his neighborרֵעֵree

neighbor

The person living near, anyone one deals with.

Where else “ree” appears
shall surelyמוֹתmot

be put to death

To lose one's life as punishment.

Where else “mot” appears

Translation note

In John 8:3-11—a passage that the SBLGNT prints within double brackets—they bring Jesus a woman caught in adultery, and he says: “Let whoever of you is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her” (8:7).

The context

9For any man who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother; his blood is on him.

10 · This verse (above)

11And a man who lies with his father’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is on them.

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