“‘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.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Leviticus 18:23 in context
Leviticus 18:20–26
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“‘You shall not lie carnally with your neighbor’s wife, and defile yourself with her.
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“‘You shall not give any of your children as a sacrifice to Molech. You shall not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.
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“‘You shall not lie with a man as with a woman. That is detestable.
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“‘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.
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“‘Don’t defile yourselves in any of these things; for in all these the nations which I am casting out before you were defiled.
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The land was defiled. Therefore I punished its iniquity, and the land vomited out her inhabitants.
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You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you
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