You Shall Love the LORD You Shall Love Your Neighbor
You shall have no other gods before Me You shall make no graven images You shall not take God's name in vain Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy Honor your father and mother You shall not murder You shall not commit adultery You shall not steal You shall not bear false witness You shall not covet your neighbors possessions

You shall not commit adultery

Adultery:  You shall not lie carnally with a close family member.
     

Primary Verses:

  1. Leviticus 18:6-7

    • "None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am YHVH.  The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness."

  2. 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."

  3. Leviticus 20:17

    • "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."

Supporting Verses:

  1. Leviticus 20:19-20

    • "And thou shalt not uncover the nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor of thy father's sister: for he uncovereth his near kin: they shall bear their iniquity.  And if a man shall lie with his uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his uncle's nakedness: they shall bear their sin; they shall die childless."

  2. Deuteronomy 22:30

    • "A man shall not take his father's wife, nor discover his father's skirt."

  3. Deuteronomy 27:20

    • "Cursed be he that lieth with his father's wife; because he uncovereth his father's skirt. And all the people shall say, Amen."

  4. Deuteronomy 27:22-23

    • "Cursed be he that lieth with his sister, the daughter of his father, or the daughter of his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen.  Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law. And all the people shall say, Amen."

  5. Ezekiel 22:11

    • "And one hath committed abomination with his neighbour's wife; and another hath lewdly defiled his daughter in law; and another in thee hath humbled his sister, his father's daughter."

  6. 1 Corinthians 5:1

    • "It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife."