Leviticus 20:12 (DBY)

Passage

And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall certainly be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood is upon them.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:10 And a man that committeth adultery with a man's wife, who committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall certainly be put to death.

Leviticus 20:11 And a man that lieth with his father's wife hath uncovered his father's nakedness: both of them shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Leviticus 20:12 And if a man lie with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall certainly be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood is upon them.

Leviticus 20:13 And if a man lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall certainly be put to death; their blood is upon them.

Leviticus 20:14 And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is infamy: they shall burn him and them with fire, that there be no infamy among you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "daughter-in-law", "both", "shall", "certainly", "death", "wrought", "confusion", and "blood". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "daughter-in-law" and "both", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "And a man that lieth with his..." into verse 13's "And if a man lie with mankind...", so "daughter-in-law" and "both" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "daughter-in-law" and "both" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.