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Leviticus 18:23

And you do not commit your intercourse with any beast, to become unclean with it; and a woman does not stand before a beast to mate with it; it [is] perversion.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

In Context

22And you do not lie with a male as one lies with a woman; it [is] an abomination.

24Do not defile yourselves with all these, for with all these the nations have been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:18You do not keep a witch alive.

Leviticus 20:12And a man who lies with his daughter-in-law—both of them are certainly put to death; they have done perversion; their blood [is] on them.

Deuteronomy 27:21“Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast.” And all the people have said, “Amen.”

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:20-30

Laws against Iniquity. ( b. c. 1490.) 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile… Read the whole commentary →

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