Leviticus 18:23 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²³Neither shalt thou lie with any beast to defile thyself therewith: neither shall any woman stand before a beast to lie down thereto: it is confusion.

Leviticus 18:23 —

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Cross-References

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Leviticus 20:15-16
And if a man lie with a beast, he shall surely be put to death: and ye shall slay the beast. …
Exodus 22:19
Whosoever lieth with a beast shall surely be put to death.
Leviticus 20:12
And if a man lie with his daughter in law, both of them shall surely be put to death: they have wrought confusion; their blood shall be upon them.
Deuteronomy 27:21
Cursed be he that lieth with any manner of beast. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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Adultery Bestiality Copulation Lasciviousness Lust Sensuality Sodomites Sodomy

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 19-30)

Here is, I. A law to preserve the honour of the marriage-bed, that it should not be unseasonably used (Lev. 18:19), nor invaded by an adulterer, Lev. 18:20. II. A law against that which was the most unnatural idolatry, causing their children to pass through the fire to Moloch, Lev. 18:21. Moloch (as some think) was the idol in and by which they worshipped the sun, that great fire of the world; and…