Leviticus 20:15

And a man who commits his intercourse with a beast is certainly put to death, and you slay the beast.

Literal Standard Version

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

14And a man who takes the woman and her mother—it [is] wickedness; they burn him and them with fire, and there is no wickedness in your midst.

16And a woman who draws near to any beast to mate with it—you have even slain the woman and the beast; they are certainly put to death; their blood [is] on them.

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Cross References

Exodus 22:19Whoever lies with a beast is certainly put to death.

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