Leviticus 20:14 (LSB)

Passage

If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is lewdness; both he and they shall be burned with fire so that there will be no lewdness in your midst.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 20:12 If there is a man who lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death; they have committed perversion. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

Leviticus 20:13 If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

Leviticus 20:14 If there is a man who marries a woman and her mother, it is lewdness; both he and they shall be burned with fire so that there will be no lewdness in your midst.

Leviticus 20:15 If there is a man who lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; you shall also kill the animal.

Leviticus 20:16 If there is a woman who approaches any animal to mate with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltiness is upon them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "marries", "woman", "mother", "lewdness", "both", "shall", "burned", and "fire". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "marries" and "woman", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "If there is a man who lies..." into verse 15's "If there is a man who lies...", so "marries" and "woman" 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 "marries" and "woman" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.