Leviticus 20:12
Context20:12 If a man has sexual intercourse with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be put to death. They have committed perversion; 1 their blood guilt is on themselves.
Leviticus 18:23
Context18:23 You must not have sexual intercourse 2 with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it; 3 it is a perversion. 4
[20:12] 1 tn The Hebrew term תֶּבֶל (tevel, “perversion”) derives from the verb “to mix; to confuse” (cf. KJV, ASV “they have wrought confusion”).
[18:23] 2 tn See the note on v. 20 above.
[18:23] 3 tn Heb “to copulate with it” (cf. Lev 20:16).
[18:23] 4 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.





