Leviticus 20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
Leviticus 20:15 in other translations
| BSB | If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal. |
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| WEB | “‘If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal. |
| ASV | And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. |
| YLT | ‘And a man who giveth his lying with a beast is certainly put to death, and the beast ye do slay. |
| DARBY | And if a man lie with a beast for copulation, he shall certainly be put to death; and ye shall kill the beast. |
| BBE | And if a man has sex relations with a beast, let him be put to death, and let the beast be put to destruction. |
| Webster | And if a man shall lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. |
What does Leviticus 20:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 20:7-19
7-19. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be ye holy--The minute specification of the incestuous and unnatural crimes here enumerated shows their sad prevalence amongst the idolatrous nations around, and the extreme proneness of the Israelites to follow the customs of their neighbors. It is to be understood, that, whenever mention is made that the offender was "to be put to death" without describing the mode, stoning…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 20:10-27
These verses repeat what had been said before, but it was needful there should be line upon line. What praises we owe to God that he has taught the evil of sin, and the sure way of deliverance from it! May we have grace to adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things; may we have no fellowship with unfruitful works of darkness, but reprove them.
Leviticus 20:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 20:15
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- Exodus 22:19
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
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Context
- Leviticus 20:14
And if a man take a wife and her mother, it is wickedness: they shall be burnt with fire, both he and they; that there be no wickedness among you.
- Leviticus 20:15
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
- Leviticus 20:16
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.
Leviticus 20:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y cualquiera que tuviere cópula con bestia, ha de ser muerto; y mataréis á la bestia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et si un homme couche avec une bête, il sera certainement mis à mort; et vous tuerez la bête. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und wenn ein Mann bei einem Vieh liegt, so soll er gewißlich getötet werden, und das Vieh sollt ihr umbringen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Qui cum jumento et pecore coierit, morte moriatur: pecus quoque occidite. |