Deuteronomy 27:21

‘Yahweh will curse anyone who has sex [EUP] with any animal.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

In Context

20‘Yahweh will curse anyone who ◄shows no respect for/disgraces his father► by having sex with [EUP] any of his father’s wives.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’

22‘Yahweh will curse anyone who has sex with his sister or with his half-sister.’ And all the people must reply, ‘◄Amen/We want that to happen►.’

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Cross References

Exodus 22:19You must execute any person who has sex with an animal.

Leviticus 20:15‘If a man has sex with an animal, he must be executed, and you must also kill that animal.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 27:12-26

The Curses from Ebal. ( b. c. 1451.) 11 And Moses charged the people the same day, saying, 12 These shall stand upon mount Gerizim to bless the people, when ye are come over Jordan; Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Joseph, and Benjamin: 13 And these shall stand upon mount Ebal to curse; Reuben, Gad, and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali. 14 And the Levites shall speak, and say unto all the men of Israel with a loud voice, 15 Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination… Read the whole commentary →

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