“And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his father’s nakedness: both of them shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.”
If a man has sexual relations with his father's wife, he has dishonored his father. Both the man and the woman are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads. The death penalty for sex with the father's wife — the violation of Leviticus 18:8 — applies to both parties. The dishonored his father framing connects the penalty to the parental honor requirement: the sexual violation of the father's wife is simultaneously a violation of the sexual ethics and a violation of the honor due to the father.
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