Leviticus 20:12
Good News Translation
If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, they shall both be put to death. They have committed incest and are responsible for their own death.

New Revised Standard Version
If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed perversion, their blood is upon them.

Contemporary English Version
It isn't natural to have sex with your daughter-in-law, and both of you will be put to death, just as you deserve.

New American Bible
If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have done what is perverse; their bloodguilt is upon them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
If any man lie with his daughter in law: let both die, because they have done a heinous crime. Their blood be upon them.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

If any man lie with his daughter in law: let both die, because they have done a heinous crime. Their blood be upon them.

lie

Leviticus 18:15 Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: because she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou discover her shame.

Genesis 38:16,18 And going to her, he said: Suffer me to lie with thee: for he knew her not to be his daughter-in-law. And she answered: What wilt thou give me to enjoy my company? . . .

Deuteronomy 27:23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother-in-law: and all the people shall say: Amen.

confusion

Leviticus 18:23 Thou shalt not copulate with any beast: neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.

Context
Punishments for Sexual Immorality
11If a man lie with his stepmother, and discover the nakedness of his father, let them both be put to death: their blood be upon them. 12If any man lie with his daughter in law: let both die, because they have done a heinous crime. Their blood be upon them.13If any one lie with a man as with a woman, both have committed an abomination: let them be put to death. Their blood be upon them.…
Cross References
Exodus 22:2
If a thief be found breaking open a house or undermining it, and be wounded so as to die: he that slew him shall not be guilty of blood.

Leviticus 18:15
Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy daughter in law: because she is thy son's wife, neither shalt thou discover her shame.

Leviticus 20:11
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