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Leviticus 18:23 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 18 · verse 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 · King James Version
Leviticus 18:23 in context
21And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the LORD.
22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
23Neither 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.
24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out before you:
25And the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land itself vomiteth out her inhabitants.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- defileṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- beforepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- beastbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
- standʻâmadto stand, in various relationsH5975 →
- lieshᵉkôbetha lying withH7903 →
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Here is, I. A law to preserve the honour of the marriage-bed, that it should not be unseasonably used (Lev 18:19), nor invaded by an adulterer, Lev 18:20. II. A law against that which was the most unnatural idolatry, causing their children to pass through the fire to Moloch, Lev 18:21.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-30