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The Book of Leviticus, Chapter 18, Verse 20

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Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
King James Version
Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbor's wife, to defile thyself with her.
New English Translation
You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.
World English Bible
"'You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, and defile yourself with her.
21
And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through [the fire] to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD.
22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it [is] abomination.
23
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion.
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Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
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And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
26
Ye shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit [any] of these abominations; [neither] any of your own nation, nor any stranger that sojourneth among you:
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(For all these abominations have the men of the land done, which [were] before you, and the land is defiled;)
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That the land spue not you out also, when ye defile it, as it spued out the nations that [were] before you.
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For whosoever shall commit any of these abominations, even the souls that commit [them] shall be cut off from among their people.
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Therefore shall ye keep mine ordinance, that [ye] commit not [any one] of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that ye defile not yourselves therein: I [am] the LORD your God.