Leviticus 20:16

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.

And if a woman {H802} approach {H7126} unto any beast {H929}, and lie down {H7250} thereto, thou shalt kill {H2026} the woman {H802}, and the beast {H929}: they shall surely {H4191} be put to death {H4191}; their blood {H1818} shall be upon them.

If a woman approaches an animal and has sexual relations with it, you are to kill the woman and the animal; their blood will be on them.

If a woman approaches any animal to mate with it, you must kill both the woman and the animal. They must surely be put to death; their blood is upon them.

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.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 21:32 (2 votes)

    If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

  • Hebrews 12:20 (2 votes)

    (For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

  • Exodus 19:13 (2 votes)

    There shall not an hand touch it, but he shall surely be stoned, or shot through; whether [it be] beast or man, it shall not live: when the trumpet soundeth long, they shall come up to the mount.

  • Exodus 21:28 (1 votes)

    If an ox gore a man or a woman, that they die: then the ox shall be surely stoned, and his flesh shall not be eaten; but the owner of the ox [shall be] quit.