Leviticus 18:23

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.

Neither shalt thou {H5414} lie {H7903} with any beast {H929} to defile {H2930} thyself therewith: neither shall any woman {H802} stand {H5975} before {H6440} a beast {H929} to lie down {H7250} thereto: it is confusion {H8397}.

"'You are not to have sexual relations with any kind of animal and thus become unclean with it; nor is any woman to present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; it is perversion.

You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.

And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 22:19 (5 votes)

    Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.

  • Leviticus 20:15 (4 votes)

    And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.

  • Leviticus 20:16 (4 votes)

    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.

  • Leviticus 20:12 (3 votes)

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 27:21 (2 votes)

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