Deuteronomy 27:21

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‘Cursed is the one who commits bestiality.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 18:23 : 23 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.
  • Lev 20:15 : 15 If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.
  • Exod 22:19 : 19 “Whoever has sexual relations with a beast must surely be put to death.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 87%

    15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image– something abhorrent to the LORD, the work of the craftsman– and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    16‘Cursed is the one who disrespects his father and mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    17‘Cursed is the one who moves his neighbor’s boundary marker.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    18‘Cursed is the one who misleads a blind person on the road.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    19‘Cursed is the one who perverts justice for the resident foreigner, the orphan, and the widow.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    20‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his father’s former wife, for he dishonors his father.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 85%

    22‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his sister, the daughter of either his father or mother.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    23‘Cursed is the one who goes to bed with his mother-in-law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    24‘Cursed is the one who kills his neighbor in private.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    25‘Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

    26‘Cursed is the one who refuses to keep the words of this law.’ Then all the people will say,‘Amen!’

  • 85%

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

    20“Whoever sacrifices to a god other than the LORD alone must be utterly destroyed.

  • Lev 20:13-18
    6 verses
    82%

    13If a man goes to bed with a male as one goes to bed with a woman, the two of them have committed an abomination. They must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

    14If a man has marital relations with both a woman and her mother, it is lewdness. Both he and they must be burned to death, so there is no lewdness in your midst.

    15If a man has sexual relations with any animal, he must be put to death, and you must kill the animal.

    16If a woman approaches any animal to copulate with it, you must kill the woman, and the animal must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

    17“‘If a man has marital relations with his sister, whether the daughter of his father or his mother, so that he sees her nakedness and she sees his nakedness, it is a disgrace. They must be cut off in the sight of the children of their people. He has exposed his sister’s nakedness; he will bear his punishment for iniquity.

    18If a man goes to bed with a menstruating woman and uncovers her nakedness, he has laid bare her fountain of blood and she has exposed the fountain of her blood, so both of them must be cut off from the midst of their people.

  • Lev 18:22-24
    3 verses
    81%

    22You must not have sexual relations with a male as one has sexual relations with a woman; it is a detestable act.

    23You 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.

    24Warning against the Abominations of the Nations“‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things, for the nations which I am about to drive out before you have been defiled with all these things.

  • 18Your children will be cursed, as well as the produce of your soil, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

  • 20Lying with a Slave Woman“‘When a man goes to bed with a woman for intercourse, although she is a slave woman designated for another man and she has not yet been ransomed, or freedom has not been granted to her, there will be an obligation to pay compensation. They must not be put to death, because she was not free.

  • 21One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, but one who beats a person to death must be put to death.

  • Lev 27:9-11
    3 verses
    70%

    9Redemption of Vowed Animals“‘If what is vowed is a kind of animal from which an offering may be presented to the LORD, anything which he gives to the LORD from this kind of animal will be holy.

    10He must not replace or exchange it, good for bad or bad for good, and if he does indeed exchange one animal for another animal, then both the original animal and its substitute will be holy.

    11If what is vowed is an unclean animal from which an offering must not be presented to the LORD, then he must stand the animal before the priest,

  • 27for the people who were in the land before you have done all these abominations, and the land has become unclean.

  • 11If a man goes to bed with his father’s wife, he has exposed his father’s nakedness. Both of them must be put to death; their blood guilt is on themselves.

  • 11One commits an abominable act with his neighbor’s wife; another obscenely defiles his daughter-in-law; another violates his sister– his father’s daughter– within you.

  • 20You must not have sexual relations with the wife of your fellow citizen to become unclean with her.

  • 18One who beats an animal to death must make restitution for it, life for life.

  • Lev 20:20-21
    2 verses
    69%

    20If a man goes to bed with his aunt, he has exposed his uncle’s nakedness; they must bear responsibility for their sin, they will die childless.

    21If a man has marital relations with his brother’s wife, it is indecency. He has exposed his brother’s nakedness; they will be childless.

  • Lev 24:14-15
    2 verses
    69%

    14“Bring the one who cursed outside the camp, and all who heard him are to lay their hands on his head, and the whole congregation is to stone him to death.

    15Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites,‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

  • Deut 17:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1You must not sacrifice to him a bull or sheep that has a blemish or any other defect, because that is considered offensive to the LORD your God.

    2Suppose a man or woman is discovered among you– in one of your villages that the LORD your God is giving you– who sins before the Lord your God and breaks his covenant

  • 14You will be blessed beyond all peoples; there will be no barrenness among you or your livestock.

  • 11Thus all Israel will hear and be afraid; no longer will they continue to do evil like this among you.

  • 4When it is reported to you and you hear about it, you must investigate carefully. If it is indeed true that such a disgraceful thing is being done in Israel,

  • 9They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”

  • 15This is the kind of plague that will devastate horses, mules, camels, donkeys, and all the other animals in those camps.

  • 22If a man is discovered in bed with a married woman both the man lying in bed with the woman and the woman herself must die; in this way you will purge evil from Israel.

  • 14“There will be harsh condemnation for the hypocrite who has a valuable male animal in his flock but vows and sacrifices something inferior to the Lord. For I am a great king,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies,“and my name is awesome among the nations.”

  • 21Then the priest will put the woman under the oath of the curse and will say to her,“The LORD make you an attested curse among your people, if the LORD makes your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;

  • 26You must not bring any abhorrent thing into your house and thereby become an object of divine wrath along with it. You must absolutely detest and abhor it, for it is an object of divine wrath.

  • 18You must never bring the pay of a female prostitute or the wage of a male prostitute into the temple of the LORD your God in fulfillment of any vow, for both of these are abhorrent to the LORD your God.