24 About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law, Tamar, has been acting like a prostitute, and now she is pregnant.”

“Bring her out,” Judah said, “and let her be burned to death!” (A)

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24 About three months later Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar is guilty of prostitution, and as a result she is now pregnant.”

Judah said, “Bring her out and have her burned to death!”(A)

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22 You are not to sleep with a man as with a woman;(A) it is detestable.(B)

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22 “‘Do not have sexual relations with a man as one does with a woman;(A) that is detestable.(B)

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If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by promiscuity,[a](A) she defiles her father; she must be burned to death.(B)

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  1. 21:9 Or prostitution

“‘If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by becoming a prostitute, she disgraces her father; she must be burned in the fire.(A)

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15 On the fourth[a] day they said to Samson’s wife, “Persuade your husband to explain the riddle to us, or we will burn you and your father’s family to death. Did you invite us here to rob us?”

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  1. 14:15 LXX, Syr; MT reads seventh

15 On the fourth[a] day, they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax(A) your husband into explaining the riddle for us, or we will burn you and your father’s household to death.(B) Did you invite us here to steal our property?”

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  1. Judges 14:15 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac; Hebrew seventh

16 The ten horns you saw, and the beast, will hate the prostitute.(A) They will make her desolate and naked, devour her flesh, and burn her up with fire.(B)

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16 The beast and the ten horns(A) you saw will hate the prostitute.(B) They will bring her to ruin(C) and leave her naked;(D) they will eat her flesh(E) and burn her with fire.(F)

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