Lev 20:10 | NET2full | STEP | If a man commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife , both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death .

‏ Leviticus 20:10

10 If a man ^{▼▼tn Heb “And a man who.” The syntax here and at the beginning of the following verses elliptically mirrors that of v. 9, which justifies the rendering as a conditional clause.} commits adultery with his neighbor’s wife, ^{▼▼tc The reading of the LXX minuscule mss has been followed here (see the BHS footnote a-a). The MT has a dittography, repeating “a man who commits adultery with the wife of” (see the explanation in J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 328). The duplication found in the MT is reflected in some English versions, e.g., KJV, ASV, NASB, NIV.} both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death.