John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Leviticus 20:12
If a man lie with his daughter in law ,.... His son's wife, whether in the lifetime of his son, or after his death, or whether she was espoused or married, according to the above tradition F6 Misn. ut supra. (Sanhedrin, c. 7. sect. 4.) : both of them shall surely be put to death ; it being a breach of the law in Leviticus 18:15 ; and this is the penalty annexed to it, even death: they have wrought confusion : have been guilty of a shocking and shameful mixture, as Jarchi and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Leviticus 20:10-21
Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of the guilt by the extremity of the punishment that would not otherwise be taught it. I. Lying with another man's wife was made a capital crime. The adulterer and the adulteress that had joined in the sin must fall alike under the sentence: they shall both be put to death, Lev. 20:10. Long before... read more