15 (A)Also the man that lieth with a beast, shall die the death, and ye shall slay the beast.

16 And if a woman come to any beast, and lie therewith, then thou shalt kill the woman and the beast: they shall die the death, their blood shall be upon them.

17 Also the man that taketh his sister, his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter, and seeth her shame, and she seeth his shame, it is villainy: therefore they shall be cut off in the sight [a]of their people, because he that uncovered his sister’s shame, he shall bear his iniquity.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 20:17 Hebrew, in the eyes of the children of their people.

15 “‘If a man has sexual relations with an animal,(A) he is to be put to death,(B) and you must kill the animal.

16 “‘If a woman approaches an animal to have sexual relations with it, kill both the woman and the animal. They are to be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads.

17 “‘If a man marries his sister(C), the daughter of either his father or his mother, and they have sexual relations, it is a disgrace. They are to be publicly removed(D) from their people. He has dishonored his sister and will be held responsible.(E)

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