Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version
Book of Leviticus
Chapter 20  -  Read Chapter
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:11 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:11 JFB -> Commentary on 20:11 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:11 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:11 TSK -> Commentary on 20:11 TSK -> Entry for 20:11 WEN -> Notes on 20:11 NTB -> Adultery; Incest; Punishment; Sanitation SBD -> Punishments 20:11 - [In Context] If a man has sexual relations with his father's wife, then both the man and the woman must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. F353 It is as if that man had had sexual relations with his father! F354
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:12 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:12 JFB -> Commentary on 20:12 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:12 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:12 TSK -> Commentary on 20:12 TSK -> Entry for 20:12 WEN -> Notes on 20:12 NTB -> Adultery; Incest; Punishment; Sanitation 20:12 - [In Context] "If a man has sexual relations with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have done a very bad sexual sin! They are responsible for their own death. F355
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:13 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:13 JFB -> Commentary on 20:13 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:13 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:13 TSK -> Commentary on 20:13 TSK -> Entry for 20:13 WEN -> Notes on 20:13 NTB -> Abomination; Punishment; Sanitation; Sodomy 20:13 - [In Context] "If a man has sexual relations with another man as with a woman, then these two men have done a terrible sin. They must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. F356
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:14 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:14 JFB -> Commentary on 20:14 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:14 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:14 TSK -> Commentary on 20:14 TSK -> Entry for 20:14 WEN -> Notes on 20:14 NTB -> Daughter; Marriage; Mother-In-Law; Punishment; Sanitation TTT -> Punishments EBD -> Fire; Funeral SBD -> Punishments 20:14 - [In Context] "It is a sexual sin if a man has sexual relations with a woman and her mother. The people must burn that man and the two women in fire! Don't let this sexual sin happen among your people!
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:15 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:15 JFB -> Commentary on 20:15 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:15 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:15 TSK -> Commentary on 20:15 TSK -> Entry for 20:15 WEN -> Notes on 20:15 NTB -> Punishment; Sanitation; Sodomy 20:15 - [In Context] "If a man has sexual relations with an animal, that man must be put to death. And you must also kill the animal.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:16 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:16 JFB -> Commentary on 20:16 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:16 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:16 TSK -> Commentary on 20:16 TSK -> Entry for 20:16 WEN -> Notes on 20:16 NTB -> Bestiality; Punishment; Sanitation; Sodomy SBD -> Punishments 20:16 - [In Context] If a woman has sexual relations with an animal, then you must kill the woman and the animal. They must be put to death. They are responsible for their own death. F357
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:17 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:17 JFB -> Commentary on 20:17 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:17 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:17 TSK -> Commentary on 20:17 TSK -> Entry for 20:17 WEN -> Notes on 20:17 NTB -> Incest; Marriage; Sanitation 20:17 - [In Context] "If a brother and his sister or half sister marry each other and have sexual relations with each other, F358 it is a shameful thing! They must be punished in public! They must be separated from their people! The man who has sexual relations with his sister must be punished for his sin! F359
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:18 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:18 JFB -> Commentary on 20:18 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:18 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:18 TSK -> Commentary on 20:18 TSK -> Entry for 20:18 WEN -> Notes on 20:18 NTB -> Church; Menstruation; Sanitation 20:18 - [In Context] "If a man has sexual relations with a woman during her monthly time of bleeding, then both the woman and the man must be separated from their people. They sinned because they exposed her source of blood.
Study Resource List GEB -> Study Notes on 20:19 GSB -> Study Notes on 20:19 JFB -> Commentary on 20:19 MHC-COM -> Commentary on 20:19 MHC-CON -> Commentary on 20:19 TSK -> Commentary on 20:19 TSK -> Entry for 20:19 WEN -> Notes on 20:19 NTB -> Incest; Marriage; Sanitation 20:19 - [In Context] "You must not have sexual relations with F360 your mother's sister or your father's sister. That is a sin of incest. F361 You must be punished for your sins. F362
FOOTNOTES: F353: They … death   Literally, "Their blood is on them." F354: man … father   Literally, "He uncovered his father's nakedness." F355: They … death   Literally, "Their blood is on them." F356: They … death   Literally, "Their blood is on them." F357: They … death   Literally, "Their blood is on them." F358: sexual relations with each other   Literally, "he sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness." F359: The man … sin   Literally, "he will carry his guilt." F360: have sexual relations with   Literally, "uncover the nakedness of." F361: incest   Having sexual relations with a close relative. F362: you … sins   Literally, "You will carry your guilt."

Abbreviations Legend: GEB - Gill's Exposition; GSB - Geneva Study Bible; JFB - Jamieson, Fausset, Brown; MHC-COM - Matthew Henry Complete; MHC-CON - Matthew Henry Concise; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; WEN - Wesley's Explanatory Notes; NTB - Nave's Topical Bible; TSK - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge; TTT - Torrey's Topical Textbook; EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary; SBD - Smith's Bible Dictionary; Copyright Statement - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version © 2001 by World Bible Translation Center, Inc. and used by permission.