22:19 “Whoever has sexual relations 4 with a beast must surely be put to death.
1 tn See the note on v. 20 above.
2 tn Heb “to copulate with it” (cf. Lev 20:16).
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.
4 tn Heb “lies with.”
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).