Leviticus 18:20

20 And {you must not have sex} with your fellow citizen's wife, becoming unclean with her.

Leviticus 18:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 18:20

Moreover, thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's
wife
Which is adultery, and a breach of the seventh command, ( Exodus 20:14 ) : to defile thyself with her;
not only adultery is a defiling a man's wife, as it is sometimes called, but the adulterer defiles himself: all sin is of a defiling nature, but especially this, which defiles a man both in soul and body, and brings a blot and stain upon his character, which shall not be wiped off, ( Proverbs 6:32 Proverbs 6:33 ) .

Leviticus 18:20 In-Context

18 And you must not take [as wife] a woman with her sister, to be a rival-wife, to expose her nakedness before her {during} her life.

19 " 'And you must not {have sex with} a woman to expose her nakedness {during} her menstrual uncleanness.

20 And {you must not have sex} with your fellow citizen's wife, becoming unclean with her.

21 " 'And you shall not give {any of} your offspring in order to sacrifice [them] to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God; I [am] Yahweh.

22 And you shall not lie with a male as lying {with} a woman; that [is] a detestable thing.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "you shall not give your lying down for semen"
• [b] Or "neighbor's"