Leviticus 20:16

A woman that lieth under any beast, be she slain together with it; their blood be on them.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.

In Context

15He that doeth lechery with a great beast, or with a little (beast), die he by death (or shall be put to death), also slay ye the beast.

17He that taketh his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and seeth her filth (hood), and she seeth the shame of her brother, they have wrought an unleaveful thing, both shall be slain in the sight of their people; for they showed together their filth (hood), and they shall bear together their wickedness. (He who taketh to bed his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and seeth her nakedness, and she seeth her brother’s nakedness, they both have done an unlawful thing, and they both shall be cut off in the presence of their people; for they uncovered their nakedness to each other, and so they shall bear their wickedness together.)

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Cross References

Exodus 21:28If an ox smiteth with his horn either man, or woman, and they be dead, the ox shall be thrown down with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten, and the lord of the ox shall be guiltless. (If an ox striketh with his horn a man, or a woman, unto the death, the ox shall be thrown down with stones, and his flesh shall not be eaten, but the lord of the ox shall be guiltless.)

Hebrews 12:20For they bare not that that was said, And if a beast touched the hill, it was stoned [or it shall be stoned].

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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