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Leviticus 18:23

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18:23 You must not have sexual intercourse 1  with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it; 2  it is a perversion. 3 

Exodus 22:19

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22:19 “Whoever has sexual relations 4  with a beast must surely be put to death.

Deuteronomy 27:21

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27:21 ‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ 5  Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
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[18:23]  1 tn See the note on v. 20 above.

[18:23]  2 tn Heb “to copulate with it” (cf. Lev 20:16).

[18:23]  3 tn The Hebrew term תֶּבֶל (tevel, “perversion”) derives from the verb “to mix; to confuse” and therefore refers to illegitimate mixtures of species or violation of the natural order of things.

[22:19]  4 tn Heb “lies with.”

[27:21]  5 tn Heb “lies with any animal” (so NASB, NRSV). “To lie with” is a Hebrew euphemism for having sexual relations with someone (or in this case, some animal).



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