Leviticus 20:12

Leviticus 20:12 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)“ ‘If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them are to be put to death. What they have done is a perversion; their blood will be on their own heads.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion; their blood is upon them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon them.

Context of Leviticus 20:12

10“If a man commits adultery with another man’s wife or with his neighbor’s wife, both he and the woman must be put to death for their adultery. 11Whoever has sexual intercourse with his father’s wife has violated his father’s marriage. Both he and his father’s wife must be put to death. They deserve to die. If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have done a disgusting thing and deserve to die. 13When a man has sexual intercourse with another man as with a woman, both men are doing something disgusting and must be put to death. They deserve to die. 14When a man marries a woman and her mother, they have done a perverted thing. The man and the two women must be burned. Never do this perverted thing.

Leviticus 20:12 word by word

וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִשְׁכַּב֙ אֶת־כַּלָּת֔וֹ מ֥וֹת יוּמְת֖וּ שְׁנֵיהֶ֑ם תֶּ֥בֶל עָשׂ֖וּ דְּמֵיהֶ֥ם בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And if a manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: have sexH7901
• with his daughter in lawכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-lawH3618
• bothשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• of them shall surelyמוּתmûth · to dieH4191
• they have wroughtעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• confusionתֶּ֫בֶלtebel · perversionH8397
• their bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818

Cross-references for Leviticus 20:12

• Leviticus 18:15Never have sexual intercourse with your daughter-in-law. She is your son’s wife. Never have sexual intercourse with her.
• Genesis 38:16Since he didn’t know she was his daughter-in-law, he approached her by the roadside and said, “Come on, let’s sleep together!” She asked, “What will you pay to sleep with me?”
• Deuteronomy 27:23“Whoever has sexual intercourse with his mother-in-law will be cursed.” Then all the people will say amen.
• Leviticus 18:23Never have sexual intercourse with any animal and become unclean with it. A woman must never offer herself to an animal for sexual intercourse. It is unnatural.

Commentaries on Leviticus 20:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12They have wrought confusion - See Leviticus 18, and especially the note on Leviticus 18:6; (note).Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-27Verses 10-27 These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-27Pagan worship influenced ethics, so God has family rules follow those about pagan religious practices. Some laws in this section repeat parts from Leviticus 18:6–30, which come before the section on proper expressions of holiness (19:1–37). These issues connect. Proper worship of God leads to good behavior toward others, while improper worship leads to moral violations.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-197-19. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy--The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence amongst the idolatrous nations around, and the extreme proneness of the Israelites to follow the customs of their neighbors. It is to be understood, that, whenever mention is made that the offender was "to be put to death" without describing the mode, stoning is meant. The only instance of another…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 20:12

• Adultery
• Incest
• Punishment
• Sanitation

In the dictionaries

• Daughter-in-Law
• Accomplish
• Confusion
• Crucifixion
• Wizard
• Bastard
• Clean
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Holiness

Commentaries on Leviticus 20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings