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.
Leviticus 18:23 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | “‘You shall not lie with any animal to defile yourself with it. No woman may give herself to an animal, to lie down with it: it is a perversion. |
| ASV | 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. |
| YLT | ‘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. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt lie with no beast to become unclean therewith; and a woman shall not stand before a beast to lie down with it: it is confusion. |
| BBE | 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. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Leviticus 18:23 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Leviticus 18:23 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 18:23
- Leviticus 20:15-16
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. And if a woman approach unto any beast, and lie down thereto, thou shalt kill the woman, and the beast: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
- Exodus 22:19
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
- Leviticus 20:12
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
- Deuteronomy 27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
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Context
- Leviticus 18:22
Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
- 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.
- Leviticus 18:24
Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
Leviticus 18:23 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ni con ningún animal tendrás ayuntamiento amancillándote con él; ni mujer alguna se pondrá delante de animal para ayuntarse con él: es confusión. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu ne coucheras point avec une bête pour te rendre impur avec elle; et une femme ne se tiendra pas devant une bête, pour se prostituer à elle: c’est une confusion. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und bei keinem Vieh sollst du liegen, so daß du dich an ihm verunreinigst; und ein Weib soll sich nicht vor ein Vieh hinstellen, um mit ihm zu schaffen zu haben: es ist eine schändliche Befleckung. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cum omni pecore non coibis, nec maculaberis cum eo. Mulier non succumbet jumento, nec miscebitur ei, quia scelus est. |