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Read›Leviticus›Chapter 20

Punishments for Sexual Immorality

Leviticus 20:15

In 11 translations

BSB
If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
KJV
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
WEB
“‘If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.
ASV
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
LSV
And a man who commits his intercourse with a beast is certainly put to death, and you slay the beast.
YLT
'And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay.
DBY
And if a man lie with a beast for copulation, he shall certainly be put to death; and ye shall kill the beast.
DRC
He that shall copulate with any beast or cattle, dying let him die, the beast also ye shall kill.
GNV
Also the man that lyeth with a beast, shall dye the death, and ye shall slay the beast.
JPS
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death; and ye shall slay the beast.
LXXE
And whosoever shall lie with a beast, let him die the death; and ye shall kill the beast.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְאִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן שְׁכָבְתּ֛וֹ בִּבְהֵמָ֖ה מ֣וֹת יוּמָ֑ת וְאֶת־הַבְּהֵמָ֖ה תַּהֲרֹֽגוּ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ὃς ἂν δῷ κοιτασίαν αὐτοῦ ἐν τετράποδι, θανάτῳ θανάτούσθω, καὶ τὸ τετράπουν ἀποκτενεῖτε.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 18:23You 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.
  • Deuteronomy 27:21‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  • Exodus 22:19Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.

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