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Deuteronomy 27:21

‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    ‘Cursed is he who lies with any kind of animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

  • KJV King James Version

    Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say: Amen.

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Cross-references (3)

Passages linked to Deuteronomy 27:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 18:23 “ ‘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.
  • Exodus 22:19 “Whoever has sex with an animal shall surely be put to death.
  • Leviticus 20:15 “ ‘If a man lies with an animal, he shall surely be put to death; and you shall kill the animal.

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Explain this verse (3 sources)

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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of…

Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast,.... See Lev 18:23,

and all the people shall say Amen; as being shocking and abhorrent to human nature.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. Cp. E, Exo_22:19 (18); H, Lev_18:23; Lev_20:15.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain cf. Lev_18:23 Lev_20:15

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