Family and Sexual Offenses

“If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death.(A) He has cursed his father or mother; his death is his own fault.[a]

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  1. 20:9 Lit his blood on him

For every one that curseth his father or his mother shall be surely put to death: he hath cursed his father or his mother; his blood shall be upon him.

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11 If a man sleeps with his father’s wife, he has violated the intimacy that belongs to his father.[a](A) Both of them must be put to death; their death is their own fault.[b]

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  1. 20:11 Lit has uncovered his father’s nakedness
  2. 20:11 Lit their blood on them, also in vv. 12,13,16,27

11 And the man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

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