If a man has intercourse with his daughter-in-law, they shall both be put to death. They have committed incest and are responsible for their own death.

"What shall I give you as a pledge?" he asked. She answered, "Your seal with its cord and the walking stick you are carrying." He gave them to her. Then they had intercourse, and she became pregnant.

Tamar went home, took off her veil, and put her widow's clothes back on.

Judah recognized them and said, "She is in the right. I have failed in my obligation to her---I should have given her to my son Shelah in marriage." And Judah never had intercourse with her again.

Some commit adultery, and others seduce their daughters-in-law or their half sisters.