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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].

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

In Context

22'And with a male thou dost not lie as one lieth with a woman; abomination it [is].

24'Ye are not defiled with all these, for with all these have the nations been defiled which I am sending away from before you;

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Cross References

Exodus 22:18'A witch thou dost not keep alive.

Leviticus 20:12'And a man who lieth with his daughter-in-law — both of them are certainly put to death; confusion they have made; their blood [is] on them.

Deuteronomy 27:21'Cursed [is] he who is lying with any beast, — and all the people have said, Amen.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 18:20-30

Laws against Iniquity. ( b. c. 1490.) 19 Also thou shalt not approach unto a woman to uncover her nakedness, as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness. 20 Moreover thou shalt not lie carnally with thy neighbour's wife, to defile thyself with her. 21 And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord . 22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. 23 Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile… Read the whole commentary →

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