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Leviticus 20:15 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 20 · verse 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 · King James Version
Leviticus 20:15 in context
13If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.
14And 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.
15And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast.
16And 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.
17And if a man shall take his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and see her nakedness, and she see his nakedness; it is a wicked thing; and they shall be cut off in the sight of their people: he hath uncovered his sister’s nakedness; he shall bear his iniquity.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- surelymûwthto dieH4191 →
- beastbᵉhêmâhproperly, a dumb beastH929 →
- slayhâragto smite with deadly intentH2026 →
- lienâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- lieshᵉkôbetha lying withH7903 →
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Sins against the seventh commandment are here ordered to be severely punished. These are sins which, of all others, fools are most apt to make a mock at; but God would teach those the heinousness of the guilt by the extremity of the punishment that would not otherwise be taught it. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-21