Exodus 22:19
'Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
In Context
18'A witch thou dost not keep alive.
20'He who is sacrificing to a god, save to Jehovah alone, is devoted.
Cross References
Exodus 34:15'Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitant of the land, and they have gone a-whoring after their gods, and have sacrificed to their gods, and [one] hath called to thee, and thou hast eaten of his sacrifice,
Leviticus 18:23'And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it [is].
Leviticus 20:15'And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay.
Deuteronomy 13:2and the sign and the wonder hath come which he hath spoken of unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods (which thou hast not known), and serve them,
Deuteronomy 17:2'When there is found in thy midst, in one of thy cities which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee, a man or a woman who doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah thy God by transgressing His covenant,
Deuteronomy 27:21'Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast, — and all the people have said, 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 →