Leviticus 18:20 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²⁰Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.

Leviticus 18:20 —

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Cross-References

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Exodus 20:14
Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Matthew 5:27-28
Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery: …
Leviticus 20:10
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
1 Corinthians 6:9
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind,
Hebrews 13:4
Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Topics

Adultery Commandments Copulation Crime Fornication Harlot (prostitute)Harlotry Lasciviousness

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-30)

Here is, I. A law to preserve the honour of the marriage-bed, that it should not be unseasonably used (Lev. 18:19), nor invaded by an adulterer, Lev. 18:20. II. A law against that which was the most unnatural idolatry, causing their children to pass through the fire to Moloch, Lev. 18:21. Moloch (as some think) was the idol in and by which they worshipped the sun, that great fire of the world; and…