Leviticus 18:23 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²³ You shall not have sexual relations with any animal and defile yourself with it, nor shall any woman give herself to an animal to have sexual relations with it; it is perversion.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²³ Neither 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²³ Neither shall you lie with any beast and defile yourself with it; neither shall any woman yield herself to a beast to lie with it; it is confusion, perversion, and degradedly carnal.

American Standard Version (1901)

²³ 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.

Common English Bible

²³ You will not have sexual relations with any animal, becoming unclean by it. Nor will a woman present herself before an animal to mate with it; it is a perversion.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²³ You shall not commit sexual acts with any animal, nor shall you be defiled by it. A woman shall not lie down with a beast, nor commit sexual acts with it; for this is wickedness.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²³ Thou shalt not copulate with any beast: neither shalt thou be defiled with it. A woman shall not lie down to a beast, nor copulate with it: because it is a heinous crime.

Leviticus 18:23 Cross References

Exodus 22:18

“You shall not permit a female sorcerer to live.

Exodus 22:19

“Whoever has intercourse with an animal shall be put to death.

Leviticus 20:12

If a man lies with his daughter-in-law, both of them shall be put to death; they have committed perversion; their bloodguilt is upon them.

Deuteronomy 27:21

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who lies with any animal.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’