Exodus 22:19

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“Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.”

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BSBPD

“Whoever lies with an animal must surely be put to death.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Whoever lieth with a beast is certainly put to death.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 22:19 — 14 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 20:3You shall have no other gods before Me.
  2. Exodus 34:15Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, for when they prostitute themselves to their gods and sacrifice to them, they will invite you, and you will eat their sacrifices.
  3. Leviticus 17:7They must no longer offer their sacrifices to the goat demons to which they have prostituted themselves. This will be a permanent statute for them for the generations to come.’
  4. Leviticus 18:23You must not lie carnally with any animal, thus defiling yourself with it; a woman must not stand before an animal to mate with it; that is a perversion.
  5. Leviticus 18:25Even the land has become defiled, so I am punishing it for its sin, and the land will vomit out its inhabitants.
  6. Leviticus 20:15If a man lies carnally with an animal, he must be put to death. And you are also to kill the animal.
  7. Numbers 25:1While Israel was staying in Shittim, the men began to indulge in sexual immorality with the daughters of Moab,
  8. Deuteronomy 13:2and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
  9. Deuteronomy 13:16And you are to gather all its plunder in the middle of the public square, and completely burn the city and all its plunder as a whole burnt offering to the LORD your God. The city must remain a mound of ruins forever, never to be rebuilt.
  10. Deuteronomy 17:2If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant
  11. Deuteronomy 17:5you must bring out to your gates the man or woman who has done this evil thing, and you must stone that person to death.
  12. Deuteronomy 27:21‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  13. 2 Kings 23:20On the altars he slaughtered all the priests of the high places, and he burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.
  14. 2 Chronicles 15:13And whoever would not seek the LORD, the God of Israel, would be put to death, whether young or old, man or woman.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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