KJV King James Version
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
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Leviticus 20:14
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If a man marries both a woman and her mother, it is depraved. Both he and they must be burned in the fire, so that there will be no depravity among you.
WEB World English Bible
“‘If a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there may be no wickedness among you.
ASV American Standard Version
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And a man who taketh the woman and her mother—it is wickedness; with fire they burn him and them, and there is no wickedness in your midst.
Surrounding context — Leviticus 20
11 And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood [shall be] upon them.
13 If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it [is] wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
15 And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood [shall be] upon them.
17 And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it [is] a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
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וְאִ֗ישׁH376 · ishmanאֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichיִקַּ֧חH3947 · la.qachto take: takeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִשָּׁ֛הH802 · ish.shahwomanוְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]אִמָּ֖הּH517 · emmotherזִמָּ֣הH2154 · zim.mahwickednessהִ֑ואH1931 · huhe/she/itבָּאֵ֞שׁH784 · eshfireיִשְׂרְפ֤וּH8313 · sa.raphto burnאֹתוֹ֙H853 · et[Obj.]וְאֶתְהֶ֔ןH853 · et[Obj.]וְלֹא־H3808 · lonotתִהְיֶ֥הH1961 · ha.yahto beזִמָּ֖הH2154 · zim.mahwickednessבְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃H8432 · ta.vekhmidst
Cross-references
Leviticus 18:17Thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, neither shalt thou take her son’s daughter, or her daughter’s daughter, to uncover her nakedness; [for] they [are] her near kinswomen: it [is] wickedness.Deuteronomy 27:23Cursed [be] he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.Joshua 7:15And it shall be, [that] he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.Amos 2:7That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the [same] maid, to profane my holy name:Joshua 7:25And Joshua said, Why hast thou troubled us? the LORD shall trouble thee this day. And all Israel stoned him with stones, and burned them with fire, after they had stoned them with stones.Leviticus 21:9And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.
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