Leviticus 20:9 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 20:9

7 ^aConsecrate yourselves therefore, and be holy, for I am the Lord your God.

8 And you shall keep ^aMy statutes, and perform them: ^bI am the Lord who sanctifies you.

9 ‘For ^aeveryone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. ^bHis blood shall be upon him.

10 ^a‘The man who commits adultery with another man’s wife, he who commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress, shall surely be put to death.

11 The man who lies with his ^afather’s wife has uncovered his father’s nakedness; both of them shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

12 If a man lies with his ^adaughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death. They have committed perversion. Their blood shall be upon them.

13 ^aIf a man lies with a male as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them.

14 If a man marries a woman and her ^amother, it is wickedness. They shall be burned with fire, both he and they, that there may be no wickedness among you.

15 If a man mates with an ^aanimal, he shall surely be put to death, and you shall kill the animal.

16 If a woman approaches any animal and mates with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood is upon them.

17 ‘If a man takes his ^asister, his father’s daughter or his mother’s daughter, and sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a wicked thing. And they shall be¹ cut off in the sight of their people. He has uncovered his sister’s nakedness. He shall bear his² guilt.

18 ^aIf a man lies with a woman during her¹ sickness and uncovers her nakedness, he has² exposed her flow, and she has uncovered the flow of her blood. Both of them shall be³ cut off from their people.

19 ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your ^amother’s sister nor of your ^bfather’s sister, for that would uncover his near of kin. They shall bear their guilt.

20 If a man lies with his ^auncle’s wife, he has uncovered his uncle’s nakedness. They shall bear their sin; they shall die childless.

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 20:9

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

Amplified® Bible
Everyone who curses his father or mother shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or mother; his bloodguilt is upon him.

Contemporary English Version
If you curse your father or mother, you will be put to death, and it will be your own fault.

Darby English Version
Whatever man revileth his father and his mother shall certainly be put to death: he hath reviled his father and his mother; his blood is upon him.

Good News Bible
The LORD gave the following regulations. Any of you that curse your father or mother shall be put to death; you are responsible for your own death.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
`If {there is} anyone who curses his father or his mother, he shall surely be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness is upon him.

New International Version
" 'If anyone curses his father or mother, he must be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother, and his blood will be on his own head.

New King James Version
'For everyone who curses his father or his mother shall surely be put to death. He has cursed his father or his mother. His blood shall be upon him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' If anyone curses his father or his mother, he shall surely receive the death penalty; he has cursed his father or his mother, his bloodguiltiness will come upon him.

Revised Standard Version
For every one who curses his father or his mother shall be put to death; he has cursed his father or his mother, his blood is upon him.

Young's Literal Translation
`For any man who revileth his father and his mother is certainly put to death; his father and his mother he hath reviled: his blood `is' on him.

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