Leviticus 20:15

He that shall copulate with any beast or cattle, dying let him die, the beast also ye shall kill.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

In Context

14If any man after marrying the daughter, marry her mother, he hath done a heinous crime: he shall be burnt alive with them: neither shall so great an abomination remain in the midst of you.

16The woman that shall lie under any beast, shall be killed together with the same: their blood be upon them.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:19Whosoever copulateth with a beast shall be put to death.

Deuteronomy 27:21Cursed be he that lieth with any beast: and all the people shall say: Amen.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 20:11-22

10 And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. 11 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. 12 And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them. 13 If a man also… Read the whole commentary →

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