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Deuteronomy 27:23
Deuteronomy 27:23 is verse 23 of Deuteronomy chapter 27, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
King James Version
Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen.
World English Bible
‘Cursed is he who lies with his mother-in-law.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’
Read in context
Deuteronomy 27:21–25 · Berean Standard Bible
21 ‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
22 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his sister, the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
23 ‘Cursed is he who sleeps with his mother-in-law.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
24 ‘Cursed is he who strikes down his neighbor in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
25 ‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Leviticus 18:17You must not have sexual relations with both a woman and her daughter. You are not to marry her son’s daughter or her daughter’s daughter and have sexual relations with her. They are close relatives; it is depraved.
Leviticus 20:14If 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.