Leviticus 18:20
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Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed.

Leviticus 20:10 If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Exodus 20:14 Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 5:18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery.

Deuteronomy 22:22,25 If a man lie with another man's wife, they shall both die, that is to say, the adulterer and the adulteress: and thou shalt take away the evil out of Israel. . . .

2 Samuel 11:3,4,27 And the king sent, and inquired who the woman was. And it was told him, that she was Bethsabee the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Urias the Hethite. . . .

Proverbs 6:25,29-33 For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man. . . .

Malachi 3:5 And I will come to you in judgment, and will be a speedy witness against sorcerers, and adulterers, and false swearers, and them that oppress the hireling in his wages, the widows, and the fatherless: and oppress the stranger, and have not feared me, saith the Lord of hosts.

Matthew 5:27,28 You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery. . . .

Romans 2:22 Thou, that sayest men should not commit adultery, committest adultery: thou, that abhorrest idols, committest sacrilege:

1 Corinthians 6:9 Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers:

Galatians 5:19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest: which are fornication, uncleanness, immodesty, luxury,

Hebrews 13:4 Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Context
Unlawful Sexual Relations
19Thou shalt not approach to a woman having her flowers: neither shalt thou uncover her nakedness. 20Thou shalt not lie with thy neighbour's wife: nor be defiled with mingling of seed.21Thou shalt not give any of thy seed to be consecrated to the idol Moloch, nor defile the name of thy God. I am the Lord.…
Cross References
Matthew 5:27
You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Matthew 5:28
But I say to you, that whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her, hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.

1 Corinthians 6:9
Know you not that the unjust shall not possess the kingdom of God? Do not err: Neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers:

Hebrews 13:4
Marriage honourable in all, and the bed undefiled. For fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

Leviticus 20:10
If any man commit adultery with the wife of another, and defile his neighbour's wife: let them be put to death, both the adulterer and the adulteress.

Numbers 5:13
Shall have slept with another man, and her husband cannot discover it, but the adultery is secret, and cannot be proved by witnesses, because she was not found in the adultery:

Proverbs 6:29
The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

Lexicon
You must not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

have sexual relations
תִתֵּ֥ן (ṯit·tên)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

with
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

your neighbor’s
עֲמִֽיתְךָ֔ (‘ă·mî·ṯə·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5997: Companionship, a comrade, kindred man

wife
אֵ֙שֶׁת֙ (’ê·šeṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female

and thus defile yourself
לְטָמְאָה־ (lə·ṭā·mə·’āh-)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2930: To be or become unclean

with her.
בָֽהּ׃ (ḇāh)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew


Additional Translations
You must not have sexual relations with your neighbor’s wife and thus defile yourself with her.Moreover you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.

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

And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to become unclean with her.

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

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

"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.

'And unto the wife of thy fellow thou dost not give thy seed of copulation, for uncleanness with her.
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