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Leviticus 18:23

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.

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Leviticus 18:23 in other translations

“ ‘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.

Leviticus 18:23 · World English Bible

Leviticus 18:23 in context

  1. 21And thou shalt not give any of thy seed to make them pass through the fire to Molech; neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am Jehovah.
  2. 22Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.
  3. 23And 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.
  4. 24Defile not ye yourselves in any of these things: for in all these the nations are defiled which I cast out from before you;
  5. 25and the land is defiled: therefore I do visit the iniquity thereof upon it, and the land vomiteth out her inhabitants.