Exodus 22:19
17 If her father absolutely refuses to give her to him, the man still must pay an amount comparable to the bridal price of a virgin.
18 You must not allow a sorceress to live.
Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
20 If anyone sacrifices to any god other than the LORD alone, he must be set apart for destruction.
21 You must not exploit or oppress a foreign resident, for you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.
- KJV
- Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
- WEB
- “Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
- ASV
- Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
- DARBY
- Every one that lieth with a beast shall certainly be put to death.
- BLB
- Whoever lies with an animal, he must surely be put to death.
- ÅB
- Enhver som har seksuell omgang med et dyr, skal late livet.
- OTB
- «Enhver som har seksuelle relasjoner med et dyr skal dø.
- B1930
- Enhver som blander sig med fe, skal visselig late livet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 18:23
You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:21
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
Read in contextLeviticus 20:15–16
If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:25
Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
Read in context