Leviticus 18:23
Nor shall you lie with any beast to defile yourself with it: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion.
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Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts
Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.
King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defi thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
And thou{H5414} shalt not lie{H7903} with any beast{H929} to defile{H2930} thyself therewith; neither shall any woman{H802} stand{H5975} before{H6440} a beast,{H929} to lie down{H7250} thereto: it is confusion.{H8397}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Neither shalt thou{H5414}{(H8799)} lie{H7903} with any beast{H929} to defile{H2930}{(H8800)} thyself therewith: neither shall any woman{H802} stand{H5975}{(H8799)} before{H6440} a beast{H929} to lie down{H7250}{(H8800)} thereto: it is confusion{H8397}.
Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)
Thou shalt lye with no maner of beeste to defile thy selfe therewith, nether shall any woman stonde before a beest to lye doune thereto, for that is abhominacion.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thou shalt lye with no maner of beest, to defyle yi self therwith. And no woman shal haue to do wt a beest, for it is abhominacion.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Thou shalt not also lie with any beast to bee defiled therewith, neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie downe thereto: for it is abomination.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Thou shalt lye with no maner of beast to defile thy selfe therwith: neither shall any woman stande before a beast to lye downe therto, for it is vnnaturall confusion.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it [is] confusion.
Webster's Bible (1833)
"'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
`And with any beast thou dost not give thy copulation, for uncleanness with it; and a woman doth not stand before a beast to lie down with it; confusion it `is'.
American Standard Version (1901)
And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
American Standard Version (1901)
And thou shalt not lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith; neither shall any woman stand before a beast, to lie down thereto: it is confusion.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
And you may not have sex relations with a beast, making yourself unclean with it; and a woman may not give herself to a beast: it is an unnatural act.
World English Bible (2000)
"'You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
You must not have sexual relations with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual relations with it; it is a perversion.
Referenced Verses
- Exod 22:19 : 19 Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.
- Lev 20:15-16 : 15 And if a man lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast. 16 And if a woman approaches any beast and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Lev 20:12 : 12 And if a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
- Deut 27:21 : 21 Cursed be he who lies with any kind of animal. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Similar Verses (AI)
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- Lev 18:16-227 verses86%
16 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your brother's wife: it is your brother's nakedness.
17 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and her daughter, nor shall you take her son's daughter or her daughter's daughter, to uncover her nakedness; for they are her near kinswomen: it is wickedness.
18 Nor shall you take a wife to her sister, to vex her, to uncover her nakedness, besides the other in her lifetime.
19 Also you shall not approach a woman to uncover her nakedness as long as she is put apart for her uncleanness.
20 Moreover, you shall not lie carnally with your neighbor's wife, to defile yourself with her.
21 And you shall not let any of your seed pass through the fire to Molech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the LORD.
22 You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is an abomination.
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19 Whoever lies with an animal shall surely be put to death.
- Lev 20:13-164 verses83%
13 If a man also lies with mankind, as he lies with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14 And if a man takes a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burned with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
15 And if a man lies with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and you shall slay the beast.
16 And if a woman approaches any beast and lies down with it, you shall kill the woman and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
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24 Do not defile yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled, which I cast out before you.
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21 Cursed be he who lies with any kind of animal. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Lev 19:19-202 verses75%
19 You shall keep my statutes. You shall not let your livestock breed with another kind; you shall not sow your field with mixed seed; nor shall a garment mixed of linen and wool come upon you.
20 And whoever lies carnally with a woman who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
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25 You shall therefore make a difference between clean beasts and unclean, and between unclean birds and clean: and you shall not make your souls abominable by beast, or by bird, or by any manner of living thing that creeps on the ground, which I have separated from you as unclean.
- Lev 18:26-283 verses74%
26 You shall therefore keep my statutes and my judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations; neither any of your own nation, nor any stranger who sojourns among you:
27 For all these abominations have the men of the land done, who were before you, and the land is defiled;
28 That the land not spew you out also, when you defile it, as it spewed out the nations that were before you.
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3 You shall not eat any abominable thing.
- Lev 11:42-432 verses72%
42 Whatever goes upon the belly, and whatever goes upon all fours, or whatever has many feet among all creeping things that creep upon the earth, them you shall not eat; for they are an abomination.
43 You shall not make yourselves abominable with any creeping thing that creeps, nor shall you make yourselves unclean with them, that you should be defiled by them.
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1 You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God any bull or sheep that has a blemish or any defect, for that is an abomination to the LORD your God.
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17 There shall be no prostitute of the daughters of Israel, nor a sodomite of the sons of Israel.
18 You shall not bring the hire of a prostitute, or the price of a dog, into the house of the LORD your God for any vow: for even both these are an abomination to the LORD your God.
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18 The woman also with whom a man lies with seed of emission, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the evening.
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5 A woman shall not wear what pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman's garment; for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.
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11 One has committed abomination with his neighbor's wife; another has lewdly defiled his daughter-in-law; and another in you has humbled his sister, his father's daughter.
- Deut 22:10-112 verses71%
10 You shall not plow with an ox and a donkey together.
11 You shall not wear a garment of different sorts, such as wool and linen together.
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31 And you shall be holy men to me; neither shall you eat any meat torn by beasts in the field; you shall throw it to the dogs.
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26 Neither shall you bring an abomination into your house, lest you become a cursed thing like it: but you shall utterly detest it, and you shall utterly abhor it; for it is a cursed thing.
- Lev 11:26-272 verses70%
26 The carcasses of every beast which divides the hoof, and is not cloven-footed, nor chews the cud, are unclean to you: everyone that touches them shall be unclean.
27 And whatever goes upon its paws, among all manner of beasts that go on all fours, those are unclean to you: whoever touches their carcass shall be unclean until the evening.
- Lev 11:46-472 verses70%
46 This is the law of the animals, and of the birds, and of every living creature that moves in the waters, and of every creature that creeps upon the earth:
47 To make a difference between the unclean and the clean, and between the animal that may be eaten and the animal that may not be eaten.
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30 Therefore you shall keep my ordinance, that you do not commit any of these abominable customs, which were committed before you, and that you do not defile yourselves by them: I am the LORD your God.
- Lev 27:10-112 verses70%
10 He shall not alter it, nor change it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a good: and if he changes beast for beast, then both it and the exchange thereof shall be holy.
11 And if it is any unclean beast, of which they do not offer a sacrifice to the LORD, then he shall present the beast before the priest:
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6 None of you shall approach anyone who is near of kin to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD.
7 The nakedness of your father or the nakedness of your mother you shall not uncover: she is your mother; you shall not uncover her nakedness.
8 The nakedness of your father's wife you shall not uncover: it is your father's nakedness.
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14 You shall not uncover the nakedness of your father's brother; you shall not approach his wife: she is your aunt.
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6 And every animal that parts the hoof, and has a split hoof, and chews the cud among the animals, that you shall eat.
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13 And a man lies with her carnally, and it is hidden from the eyes of her husband, and she is undetected, though she has defiled herself, and there is no witness against her, nor is she caught in the act;
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17 The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air,
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4 and it is told to you, and you have heard of it and diligently inquired, and indeed it is true and certain that such an abomination has been committed in Israel,
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3 No one shall come up with you, nor let anyone be seen throughout all the mountain; neither let the flocks nor herds graze in front of that mountain.
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30 A man shall not take his father's wife, nor uncover his father's bed.