Thursday, June 26, 2014

Sex Laws



Do not commit adultery

Exodus 20:14 

“You shall not commit adultery.

Leviticus 18:20 

“‘Do not have sexual relations with your neighbor's wife and defile yourself with her.

Deuteronomy 5:18 

“You shall not commit adultery.

Law on enticing unbetrothed virgin

Exodus 22:16-17 

16        “If a man seduces a virgin who is not pledged to be married and sleeps with her, he must pay the bride-price, and she shall be his wife. 

17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, he must still pay the bride-price for virgins.

Deuteronomy 22:28-29 

28 If a man happens to meet a virgin who is not pledged to be married and rapes her and they are discovered, 

29 he shall pay the girl's father fifty shekels of silver. He must marry the girl, for he has violated her. He can never divorce her as long as he lives.

30 A man is not to marry his father's wife; he must not dishonor his father's bed.

Regarding adultery with married woman, both the man and woman to suffer death penalty

Leviticus 20:20 

“‘If a man sleeps with his aunt, he has dishonored his uncle. They will be held responsible; they will die childless.

Deuteronomy 22:22 

If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die. You must purge the evil from Israel.


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