Exodus 22:19
Whosoever sacrificeth to the idols of the Gentiles shall be put to death: but to the Name of the Lord alone.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
In Context
18Whosoever lieth with a beast shall be surely put to death.
20And a stranger thou shalt not trouble nor oppress; for you were sojourners in the land of Mizraim.
Cross References
Exodus 34:15Lest thou strike a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and go erring after their idols, and to their idols offer sacrifices, and they invite thee, and thou eat of their sacrifices,
Leviticus 18:23Nor with any beast shall be thy lying down to defile thyself with it; neither shall a woman stand before a beast to permit him to prevail with her; it is confusion.
Leviticus 20:15And if a man lie with a beast, be shall be surely put to death, and you shall kill the beast.
Deuteronomy 13:2If there shall arise among you a prophet, or a dreamer of dreams, and he give a sign or a wonder,
Deuteronomy 17:2If, in anyone of the cities which the Lord thy God will give thee, there be found a man or woman who hath done evil before the Lord thy God in transgressing his covenant,
Deuteronomy 27:21Accursed is he who lieth with any beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 22:17-25
16 And if a man entice a maid that is not betrothed, and lie with her, he shall surely endow her to be his wife. 17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins. 18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. 19 Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death. 20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the Lord only, he shall be utterly destroyed. 21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. 22… Read the whole commentary →