📜WEB · Deuteronomy 5:18

What does Deuteronomy 5:18 mean?

"“You shall not commit adultery."

— Deuteronomy 5:18 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

15

You shall remember that you were a servant in the land of Egypt, and Yahweh your God brought you out of there by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm. Therefore Yahweh your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

16

“Honor your father and your mother, as Yahweh your God commanded you; that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you.

17

“You shall not murder.

18

“You shall not commit adultery.

19

“You shall not steal.

20

“You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor.

21

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. Neither shall you desire your neighbor’s house, his field, or his male servant, or his female servant, his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.”

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