14
“You shall not commit adultery.
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Verse 14. Adultery. This precept is placed before the former one, in the Septuagint Saint Mark 10:19, and Saint Luke 18:20. Adultery was punished with death, Leviticus 20:10. All civilized nations have held it in abhorrence, as destructive of all peace. Job 31:11. All other impure actions are forbidden, under different penalties.
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