Leviticus 20:14
If a man marries a woman and her mother, it is depravity. He and they must be burned with fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
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Other Translations
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
KJV1611 – Modern English
And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And if a man{H376} take{H3947} a wife{H802} and her mother,{H517} it is wickedness:{H2154} they shall be burnt{H8313} with fire,{H784} both he and they; that there be no wickedness{H2154} among{H8432} you.
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
And if a man{H376} take{H3947}{(H8799)} a wife{H802} and her mother{H517}, it is wickedness{H2154}: they shall be burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} with fire{H784}, both he and they; that there be no wickedness{H2154} among{H8432} you.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Yf a man take a wife ad hir mother thereto, it is wekednesse. Me shall burne with fire both him and them, that there be no wekednesse amonge you.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
If eny man take a wyfe, and hir mother therto, the same hath wrought wickednes: he shalbe burnt with fyre, and so shal they also, that there be no wickednes amoge you.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Likewise he that taketh a wife and her mother, committeth wickednesse: they shal burne him and them with fire, that there be no wickednes among you.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
And if a man take a wyfe, and her mother also, it is wickednesse: They shall burne with fire both hym & them, that there be no wickednesse among you.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`And a man who taketh the woman and her mother -- it `is' wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.
American Standard Version (1901)
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
American Standard Version (1901)
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And if a man takes as wife a woman and her mother, it is an act of shame; let them be burned with fire, all three of them, so that there may be no shame among you.
World English Bible (2000)
"'If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.
Referenced Verses
- Lev 18:17 : 17 Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
- Deut 27:23 : 23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
- Josh 7:15 : 15 The one caught with the devoted things shall be burned with fire, he and all that belongs to him, because he has violated the Lord’s covenant and has done an outrageous thing in Israel.
- Josh 7:25 : 25 Joshua said, "Why have you brought this trouble on us? The Lord will trouble you today." Then all Israel stoned him, and after they had stoned the rest, they burned them with fire.
- Amos 2:7 : 7 'They trample on the dust of the earth on the heads of the poor and obstruct the way of the afflicted. A man and his father go to the same girl, so that they profane My holy name.'
- Lev 21:9 : 9 If a priest's daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she profanes her father and must be burned with fire.
Similar Verses (AI)
These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.
- Lev 20:9-135 verses82%
9 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or mother; his blood is upon him.
10 If a man commits adultery with another man's wife, both the adulterer and the adulteress must surely be put to death.
11 If a man sleeps with his father's wife, he has uncovered his father's nakedness. Both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
12 If a man sleeps with his daughter-in-law, both of them must surely be put to death. They have committed a perversion; their blood is upon them.
13 If a man lies with a male as one lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
- Lev 20:15-217 verses80%
15 If a man has sexual relations with an animal, he must surely be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
16 If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.
17 If a man marries his sister, whether she is the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother, and they see each other's nakedness, it is a disgrace. They shall be cut off in the sight of their people; he has uncovered his sister's nakedness and shall bear his iniquity.
18 If a man lies with a woman during her menstrual impurity and uncovers her nakedness, he has exposed her source of blood, and she has uncovered the source of her blood. Both of them shall be cut off from among their people.
19 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother's sister or your father's sister, for this would dishonor a close relative. They shall bear their iniquity.
20 If a man lies with his aunt, he has uncovered his uncle's nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.
21 If a man marries his brother's wife, it is impurity. He has uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless.
- Lev 18:16-238 verses76%
16 Do not have sexual relations with your brother’s wife; that would dishonor your brother.
17 Do not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. Do not take her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter to uncover their nakedness; they are her close relatives. That is wickedness.
18 Do not take your wife’s sister as a rival wife and have sexual relations with her while your wife is living.
19 Do not approach a woman to have sexual relations with her during the uncleanness of her monthly period.
20 Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and defile yourself with her.
21 Do not give any of your children to be sacrificed to Molech, for you must not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
22 Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman; that is detestable.
23 Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.
- Deut 22:21-222 verses75%
21 then they shall bring the young woman to the door of her father’s house, and the men of her city shall stone her to death with stones. She has committed a disgraceful act in Israel by being promiscuous while in her father’s house. You must purge the evil from among you.
22 If a man is found lying with another man’s wife, both the man and the woman who were together must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.
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23 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his mother-in-law. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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20 If a man has sexual relations with a woman who is a slave designated for another man but who has not been redeemed or given her freedom, there must be an inquiry, but they are not to be put to death because she had not been freed.
- Lev 20:4-52 verses73%
4 But if the people of the land deliberately close their eyes to that man when he gives his children to Molech, and they fail to put him to death,
5 then I will set my face against that man and his family, and I will cut off from their people both him and all who follow him in prostituting themselves to Molech.
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20 Cursed is anyone who sleeps with his father's wife, for he has dishonored his father's bed. Then all the people shall say, 'Amen.'
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24 then you shall bring both of them to the gate of that city and stone them to death: the young woman because she did not cry out in the city, and the man because he violated another man’s wife. You must purge the evil from among you.
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17 Anyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death.
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15 Anyone who strikes his father or mother shall surely be put to death.
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11 One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife, another defiles his daughter-in-law with wickedness, and another violates his sister, his father’s daughter.
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19 Whoever sacrifices to gods other than the Lord must be utterly destroyed.
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7 Do not dishonor your father by uncovering your mother’s nakedness. She is your mother; you must not have sexual relations with her.
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13 and another man has sexual relations with her secretly, and it is hidden from her husband, and she is not caught but has become defiled, even though there is no witness against her,
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15 If a man has two wives, one loved and the other unloved, and both bear him sons, but the firstborn is the son of the unloved wife,
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13 If a man marries a woman, has relations with her, and then turns against her,
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2 If a man or woman in one of the towns the LORD your God is giving you is found to have committed an evil act in the sight of the LORD your God, violating His covenant,
- Deut 17:4-52 verses71%
4 and you are told about it and hear of it, then you must investigate it thoroughly. If it is true and confirmed that such a detestable act has been done in Israel,
5 take the man or woman who has committed this evil deed out to your city gates and stone that person to death.
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11 For that would be wickedness, a sin to be judged.
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13 Do not have sexual relations with your mother’s sister, because she is your mother’s close relative.
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14 You shall not commit adultery.
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20 But if you have gone astray while under your husband’s authority and defiled yourself, and if a man other than your husband has had sexual relations with you—
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16 And when you take some of their daughters as wives for your sons, their daughters will lead your sons to prostitute themselves to their gods.
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27 If a man or a woman has a spirit of divination or is a medium, they must be put to death. They are to be stoned, and their blood is upon them.
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20 Whoever curses their father or mother, their lamp will be extinguished in utter darkness.