Leviticus 18:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 18:23

21 And you shall not let any of your descendants ^apass through ^bthe fire to ^cMolech, nor shall you profane the name of your God: I am the Lord.

22 You shall not lie with ^aa male as with a woman. It is an abomination.

23 Nor shall you mate with any ^aanimal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

24 ^a‘Do not defile yourselves with any of these things; ^bfor by all these the nations are defiled, which I am casting out before you.

25 For ^athe land is defiled; therefore I ^bvisit the punishment of its iniquity upon it, and the land ^cvomits out its inhabitants.

26 ^aYou shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, and shall not commit any of these abominations, either any of your own nation or any stranger who dwells among you

27 (for all these abominations the men of the land have done, who were before you, and thus the land is defiled),

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 18:23

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
Neither shall you lie with any beast and defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman yield herself to a beast to lie with it; it is confusion, perversion, {and} degradedly carnal.

Contemporary English Version
Anyone who has sex with an animal is unclean.

Darby English Version
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.

Good News Bible
No man or woman is to have sexual relations with an animal; that perversion makes you ritually unclean.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
`Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to be defiled with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

New International Version
" 'Do not have sexual relations with an animal and defile yourself with it. A woman must not present herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; that is a perversion.

New King James Version
Nor shall you mate with any animal, to defile yourself with it. Nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it. It is perversion.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' Also you shall not have intercourse with any animal to defile yourself with it, nor shall any woman stand before an animal to mate with it; you shall regard it as a perversion.

Revised Standard Version
And you shall not lie with any beast and defile yourself with it, neither shall any woman give herself to a beast to lie with it: it is perversion.

Young's Literal Translation
`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'.

New English Translation
You must not have sexual intercourse¹ with any animal to become defiled with it, and a woman must not stand before an animal to have sexual intercourse with it;² it is a perversion.³

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