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  • Parmesh Venkatasami

2024-08-07
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  1. Leviticus 18:20 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is the regulation of verse 20?

Leviticus 18:20 (ESV)

20 And you shall not lie sexually with your neighbor’s wife and so make yourself unclean with her.

The next command focuses on the prohibition of adultery. The phrase, you shall not lie sexually, is a Hebrew idiom that literally reads, you shall not lay down your seed.

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