And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.
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Gill's Exposition
And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife,.... Which is a breach of the seventh command, Exo 20:14,
even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife: which is only an…
Adam Clarke
Committeth adultery - To what has been said in the note on See Exo 20:14 (note), we may add, that the word adultery comes from the Latin adulterium, which is compounded of ad, to or with, and alter,…
Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of…
Directions on the whole similar to those of Lev 18:6-20; Lev 18:22-23, but adding penalties for transgression.
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