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The man who commits adultery with another man`s wife, even he who commits adultery with his neighbor`s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
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The Gravity of Adultery
Commentators emphasize that the death penalty for adultery underscores its profound seriousness in God's law. This command, a repetition of an earlier one, highlights God's high value on the covenant of marriage and the severe consequences of violating it.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
Shall surely be put to death. —This is the penalty for the sin forbidden in Leviticus 18:20. According to Jewish tradition, whenev…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the man that commits adultery with [another] man's wife Which is a breach of the …
Presbyterian
These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was necessary that there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that He has tau…
