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Thou shalt not commit adultery, one of the Ten Commandments, is found at Exodus 20:14 of the Tanakh and Old Testament. What constitutes adultery is not defined in this passage of the Bible, and has been the subject of debate within Judaism and Christianity. Some Jewish sources (Chizkuni, Ibn Ezra) say that this commandment prohibits all sexually deviant acts, not only adultery.
Interestingly, in North Carolina, you have criminal conversation, which is really alienation of affection. This too comes to us from common law and it is based on the concept of adultery. As you know, adultery was illegal for a very long time, and it is still illegal in some states and I think the military.