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 Living Translation (NLT)“If a man has sex with his daughter-in-law, both must be put to death. They have committed a perverse act and are guilty of a capital offense.

Context of Leviticus 20:12

10‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death. 11The 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 shall be upon them. 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. 13If a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them. 14If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.

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 18:15You shall not uncover the nakedness of your daughter-in-law—she is your son’s wife—you shall not uncover her nakedness.
• Genesis 38:16Then he turned to her by the way, and said, “Please let me come in to you”; for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law. So she said, “What will you give me, that you may come in to me?”
• Deuteronomy 27:23‘Cursed is the one who lies with his mother-in-law.’ “And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!’
• Leviticus 18:23Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

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