Exodus 22:19
17 If her father utterly refuse to give her unto him, he shall pay money according to the dowry of virgins.
18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live.
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
20 He that sacrificeth unto any god, save unto the LORD only, he shall be utterly destroyed.
21 Thou shalt neither vex a stranger, nor oppress him: for ye were strangers 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
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.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
Read in contextLeviticus 20:15–16
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Read in contextLeviticus 18:25
And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Read in context