Leviticus 20:17

"“‘If a woman approaches any animal and lies with it, you shall kill the woman and the animal. They shall surely be put to death. Their blood shall be upon them."

Key Reflection

This passage emphasizes the prohibition against bestiality and underscores the severity of such sins by imposing capital punishment on both the woman and the animal, symbolizing the desecration of human and animal life in God's sight. The law highlights the importance of maintaining boundaries between species to preserve divine order and moral purity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Cut off ... -SeeExodus 31:14note. The more full expression here used probably refers to some special form of public excommunication, accompanied, it may be, by expulsion from the camp.

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